Is BerkeleyDB safe to use?

BerkeleyDB has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.67). DepScope rates its health at 51/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of BerkeleyDB?

The latest version of BerkeleyDB is 0.67, released 2026-02-01.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of BerkeleyDB.

No, BerkeleyDB is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.67 (2026-02-01).

DepScope has no curated alternatives for BerkeleyDB at this time.

BerkeleyDB is licensed under perl_5.

cpanv0.67

Perl extension for Berkeley DB version 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6

License perl_51 versions1 maintainers2 deps

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (51/100) — consider alternatives

Health breakdown0 – 100

15/25

maintenance

0/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Dependencies (2)

API access

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Last updated · 2026-02-01T16:54:24