cargo: Cargo: Source code overwrite due to symlink mishandling in third-party registries

A flaw was found in Cargo. When processing crate tarballs from third-party registries, Cargo mishandled symbolic links symlinks embedded within these archives. This vulnerability enables a malicious crate to overwrite the source code of another crate originating from the same registry. Such an...

GHSA-99J7-FHR2-XFJ4 `exploration` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

A method within the exploration crate attempted to download and execute a payload from a remote site. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-06-02, approximately 1 hour before removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io. Rustsec to Kirill...

Malicious code in proton_pfff (crates.io)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis 0aa190f5fe08b29ab6f7230c099bdc2a201b7d5212f434f9e44b2be1feba5de1 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'proton-pfff' @ 99.99.5 crates.io as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The packag...

EUVD-2026-31658

Cargo crates in third party registries can override the cached source of other crates...

GHSA-JQ42-7MFV-HM57 Cargo crates in third party registries can override the cached source of other crates

The Rust Security Response Team was notified that Cargo incorrectly handled symlinks inside of crate tarballs downloaded from third-party registries, allowing a malicious crate to override the source code of another crate from the same registry. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-5223. The...

RUSTSEC-2026-0171 `logflux` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

The logflux crate attempted to download and run a malicious payload on the user's machine. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-04-26, approximately 1 month before removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io. Thanks to Paweł Bis for...

`exploration` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

A method within the exploration crate attempted to download and execute a payload from a remote site. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-06-02, approximately 1 hour before removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io. Thanks to Kirill...

PT-2026-48942

A method within the exploration crate attempted to download and execute a payload from a remote site. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-06-02, approximately 1 hour before removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io. Thanks to Kirill...

SUSE CVE-2026-5223

Cargo incorrectly handled symlinks inside of crate tarballs downloaded from third-party registries, allowing a malicious crate to override the source code of another crate from the same registry. The severity of the vulnerability is medium for users of third-party registries. Users of crates.io a...

CVE-2026-5223

Cargo incorrectly handled symlinks inside of crate tarballs downloaded from third-party registries, allowing a malicious crate to override the source code of another crate from the same registry. The severity of the vulnerability is medium for users of third-party registries. Users of crates.io a...

Cargo 安全漏洞

Cargo is a Rust package manager open-sourced by The Rust Programming Language. A security vulnerability exists in Cargo that stems from the incorrect handling of symbolic links in a crate tarball downloaded from a third-party registry, which could lead to a malicious crate overwriting the source...

PT-2026-43025

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cargo versions prior to 1.96.0 Description Cargo incorrectly handled symbolic links symlinks—which are files that point to another file or directory—inside crate tarballs downloaded from third-party registries. This allows a malicious crate to...

`sui-execution-cut` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

sui-execution-cut included a build script that attempted to exfiltrate data from the build machine. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-04-20 and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io...

Malicious code in amzn_consolas_client (crates.io)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis b994a8876bfb6c3da65e5f20b8cd611ebbb87995fa052e2f6283b5c09bfb0a91 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'amzn-consolas-client' @ 99.0.1 crates.io as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - Th...

RUSTSEC-2026-0107 `mysten-metrics` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

mysten-metrics included a build script that attempted to exfiltrate data from the build machine. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-04-20 and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io...

`pretty-changelog-logger` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

pretty-changelog-logger contains a build script build.rs that acts as a loader/dropper for malicious payloads. The malicious crate had 3 versions published on 2026-04-08 that had a total of 2239 downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. Thanks to Socket.dev for detecti...

`microsoftsystem64` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

microsoftsystem64 installs a hardcoded SSH authorizedkeys entry persistence/backdoor and scans for sensitive files .env, credential-like JSON names, keyword-matching docs, reads their contents, base64-encodes where needed, and exfiltrates everything to a remote server via HTTP. It also packages a...

RUSTSEC-2026-0102 `microsoftsystem64` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

microsoftsystem64 installs a hardcoded SSH authorizedkeys entry persistence/backdoor and scans for sensitive files .env, credential-like JSON names, keyword-matching docs, reads their contents, base64-encodes where needed, and exfiltrates everything to a remote server via HTTP. It also packages a...

RUSTSEC-2026-0040 `tracing-ethers` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code

The tracing-ethers crate attempted to exfiltrate ssh keys to an app hosted on vercel.app The malicious crate had 9 version published on 2026-03-09 approximately 5 days before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. Thanks to the...

`tracing-ethers` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code

The tracing-ethers crate attempted to exfiltrate ssh keys to an app hosted on vercel.app The malicious crate had 9 version published on 2026-03-09 approximately 5 days before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. Thanks to the...