Is rencode safe to use?

rencode has 1 known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.0.8). DepScope rates its health at 46/100 (high risk).

What is the latest version of rencode?

The latest version of rencode is 1.0.8, released 2025-05-29.

Yes. rencode has 1 known vulnerabilities. See depscope.dev/pkg/pypi/rencode for details.

No, rencode is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.0.8 (2025-05-29).

Popular alternatives to rencode in PyPI include: boto3, boto3/, packaging, urllib3/, certifi.

rencode is licensed under GPLv3.

pypiv1.0.8

rencode is an object serialization library similar to bencode from the Bittorrent project.

License GPLv3strong copyleft6 versions1 maintainers0 deps564 weekly dl

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Health

safe to use

[email protected] is safe to use (health: 46/100)

Update to >= 572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75 to fix known vulnerabilities

Health breakdown0 – 100

10/25

maintenance

3/20

popularity

25/25

security

6/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

1 low

Advisories (1)

Severity	ID	Summary	Fixed in
unknown	CVE-2021-40839	The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory.	572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75

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