Is pynacl safe to use?

pynacl has 1 known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.6.2). DepScope rates its health at 67/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of pynacl?

The latest version of pynacl is 1.6.2, released 2026-02-27.

Does pynacl have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. pynacl has 1 known vulnerabilities. See depscope.dev/pkg/conda/pynacl for details.

Is pynacl deprecated?

No, pynacl is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.6.2 (2026-02-27).

What are alternatives to pynacl?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for pynacl at this time.

What license does pynacl use?

pynacl is licensed under Apache-2.0.

pynacl

condav1.6.2

PyNaCl is a Python binding to the Networking and Cryptography library, a crypto library with the stated goal of improving usability, security and speed.

License Apache-2.0permissive8 versions1 maintainers0 deps43,959 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 67/100)

Update to >= 3.6.1 to fix known vulnerabilities

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

10/20

popularity

23/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

1 medium

Advisories (1)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
medium	CVE-2025-69277	libsodium has Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs	3.6.1

Maintainer trust

Active maintainers (3m)

3

Contributors (12m)

8

Primary author dominance

39%

GitHub stars

1,193

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First published · 2020-09-28 12:12:09.358000+00:00

Last updated · 2026-02-27 05:58:35.927000+00:00