A closer look at the security risks in the Rust ecosystem

• Main Authors: ZHENG, Xiaoye, WAN, Zhiyuan, ZHANG, Yun, CHANG, Rui, LO, David
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: ecosystem; empirical study; Rust; security risks; vulnerability; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8644; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9647/viewcontent/RustEcosystem_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Rust is an emerging programming language designed for the development of systems software. To facilitate the reuse of Rust code, crates.io, as a central package registry of the Rust ecosystem, hosts thousands of third-party Rust packages. The openness of crates.io enables the growth of the Rust ecos...