# RUSTSEC-2025-0161 - libsecp256k1 is unmaintained

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/rustsec-2025-0161-libsecp256k1-is-unmaintained-3f3620a2  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-01-14  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Severity: info · Published 2025-01-14

libsecp256k1 is unmaintained

Technologies: [libsecp256k1 (crates.io)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/libsecp256k1). Vendors: [crates.io](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/crates-io).

## Quick answers

**Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is This vulnerability?** Informational severity, published 14 January 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** libsecp256k1 (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-0.

**Is there a fix for This vulnerability?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected?** Check whether you run libsecp256k1 (crates.io) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- libsecp256k1 (crates.io) SEMVER:introduced=0.0.0-0

## Related threats

- [RUSTSEC-2021-0076 - libsecp256k1 allows overflowing signatures](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-38195-overflow-in-libsecp256k1)
- [RUSTSEC-2019-0027 - Flaw in Scalar::check_overflow allows side-channel timing attack](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-25003-libsecp256k1-contains-side-channel-timing-attack)