RUSTSEC-2026-0100 `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...

RUSTSEC-2026-0101 `safe-agent-rs` was removed from crates.io for being affiliated with malicious code

While safe-agent-rs did not directly contain malicious code, it was owned by the same user as pretty-changelog-logger and microsoftsystem64. safe-agent-rs also appeared to be imitating a different websocket library. We decided to remove it out of an abundance of caution. This crate had 2 versions...

`chrono_anchor` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code

The chronoanchor crate attempted to exfiltrate .env files to a server that was in turn impersonating the legitimate timeapi.io service. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 6 days before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates...

GHSA-MH23-RW7F-V5PQ `time-sync` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code

The time-sync crate attempted to exfiltrate .env files to a server that was in turn impersonating the legitimate timeapi.io service. This the same attack that we've seen three times in the last few days. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 50 minutes before...

`time_calibrator` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code

It was reported timecalibrator contained malicious code, that would try to upload .env files to a server. The malicious crate had only 1 version published at 2026-02-28 and no evidence of actual usage. The crate was removed from crates.io and the user account was locked. There were no crates...

RUSTSEC-2026-0014 `rpc-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

It was attempting to steal credentials from the POLYMARKETPRIVATEKEY environment variable. The malicious crate had 3 versions published on 2026-02-15 and had been downloaded only 155 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. Thanks to Sisong Li for finding and reporting th...

`rpc-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

It was attempting to steal credentials from the POLYMARKETPRIVATEKEY environment variable. The malicious crate had 3 versions published on 2026-02-15 and had been downloaded only 155 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. Thanks to Sisong Li for finding and reporting th...

RUSTSEC-2025-0152 `finch_cli_rust` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

This attempts to typosquat the existing crate finchcli to steal credentials from local files. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been downloaded 18 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. Thanks to Matthias Zepper of NGI Sweden for reportin...