Awesome Rust Security

Curated list of awesome projects and resources related to Rust and computer security

Table of Contents

• Tools
  • Web and Cloud Security
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Offensive Security and Red Teaming
  • Malware and Threat Detection
  • Cryptography
• Educational
  • Books
  • Articles
  • Talks
• Similar Lists
• Contributing

Tools

Web and Cloud Security

Pentesting

• sn0int - OSINT framework and package manager
• sniffglue - secure multithreaded packet sniffer
• badtouch - scriptable network authentication cracker
• rshijack - TCP connection hijacker
• feroxbuster - fast, simple and recursive content discovery tool
• rustbuster - web fuzzer and content discovery tool

Authorization & Authentication Frameworks

• biscuit - delegated, decentralized, capabilities based authorization token
• paseto.rs - PASETO Rust implementation
• webauthn.rs - WebAuthn implementation in Rust
• OpenSK - open-source implementation for security keys written in Rust

Cloud and Infrastructure

• firecracker - secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing
• boringtun - CloudFlare's Rust implementation of WireGuard
• innernet - private network based on WireGuard
• vaultwarden - unofficial BitWarden implementation in Rust

Software Supply Chain

• rebuilderd - independent verification of binary packages
• rust-tuf - Rust implementation of the Update Framework

Other Frameworks

• adblock-rust - Brave's Rust-based adblock engine
• libinjection - Rust bindings to libinjection

Vulnerability Assessment

Static Code Auditing

• RustSec - organization supporting vulnerability disclosure for Rust packages, audit Cargo.lock files for dependencies
• cargo-geiger - detect usage of unsafe Rust
• siderophile - find ideal fuzz targets in a Rust codebase
• cargo-crev - cryptographically verifiable code review for cargo
• arch-audit - audit installed Arch packages for vulnerabilities
• ripgrep - recursively search directories with regexes

Fuzzing

• rust-fuzz - organization implementing cargo plugins for AFL, libFuzzer, and honggfuzz
• LibAFL - slot fuzzers together in Rust
• fuzzcheck.rs - structure-aware, in-process, coverage-guided, evolutionary fuzzing engine for Rust functions.
• onefuzz - self-hosted Fuzzing-As-A-Service platform
• lain - fuzzer framework implemented in Rust
• fzero - fast grammar-based fuzz generator implementation
• nautilus - grammar-based feedback fuzzer from RUB's Systems Security Lab
• sidefuzz - fuzzer for side-channel vulnerabilities
• arbitrary - trait for generating structured input from raw bytes, helpful for structure-aware fuzzing
• rust-san - sanitizers for Rust code
• lidiffuzz - memory allocator drop-in to test for uninitialized memory reads

Binary Analysis & Reversing

• goblin - binary parsing crate for Rust
• unicorn.rs - Rust bindings to the Unicorn framework
• cargo-call-stack - whole program stack analysis
• xori - disassembly library for PE32, 32+ and shellcode
• rd - record/replay debugger implemented in Rust
• binsec - Swiss Army Knife for Binary (In)Security
• radeco - Radare2-based decompiler and symbol executor
• falcon - Binary Analysis Framework in Rust
• mesos - binary coverage tool without modification for Windows
• guerilla - monkey patching Rust functions

Property-Based Testing

• quickcheck - property-based testing for Rust
• proptest - Hypothesis-like property testing for Rust
• bughunt-rust - example of using fuzzing QuickCheck models for bughunting
• mutagen - mutation testing framework for Rust

Symbolic Execution

• seer - symbolic execution engine for Rust
• haybale - LLVM IR-based symbolic execution engine from the USCD System Security Lab

Formal Verification

• MIRAI - abstract interpreter for Rust's MIR from Facebook
• elecrolysis - formal verification of Rust programs with the Lean theorem prover

Offensive Security and Red Teaming

TODO: need contributions!

Command-and-Control Frameworks

Defense Evasion

Packing, Obfuscation, Encryption

• obfstr - string obfuscation for Rust
• Linux.Fe2O3 - Simple ELF prepender virus / in-memory loader written in Rust

Malware and Threat Detection

• yara-rust - Rust bindings to YARA
• BONOMEN - hunt for malware critical process impersonation
• confine - sandbox for threat detection
• redbpf - crate for writing BPF/eBPF modules
• cernan - telemtry aggregation and shipping

Cryptography

Frameworks

• secrets - secure storage for cryptographic secrets in Rust
• mundane - BoringSSL-backed cryptography library
• rust-threshold-secret-sharing - Rust implementation of threshold-based secret sharing
• molasses - Rust implementation of the MLS group messaging protocol
• rust-security-framework - Rust bindings to the macOS Security.framework
• microkv - minimal and secure key-value storage for Rust

Applications

• ripasso - password manager written in Rust
• sekey - TouchID / Secure Enclave for SSH authentication
• Mullvad VPN Client - Mullvad VPN app written in Rust

Educational

Books

• Black Hat Rust
• Rust Fuzz Book
• Secure Rust Guidelines

Articles

• str::repeat wildcopy exploit writeup
• Basic Guide to Linux Exploit Mitigations and Building a Security Detector with Rust

Talks

TODO: need contributions!

Similar Lists

• awesome-rust
• rust-secure-code/projects
• analysis-tools-dev/static-analysis
• analysis-tools-dev/dynamic-analysis
• awesome-go-security

Contributing

Make a pull request if you are interested in adding more to this list!