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GHSA-XP79-9MXW-878J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-12 22:10 – Updated: 2026-02-12 22:10

Summary

`finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

Details

This attempts to typosquat the existing crate finch to steal credentials from local files.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been downloaded 21 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to Matthias Zepper of NGI Sweden for reporting this to the crates.io team!

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "finch-rst"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-506"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-02-12T22:10:23Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "This attempts to typosquat the existing crate [`finch`](https://crates.io/crates/finch) to steal credentials from local files.\n\nThe malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been downloaded 21 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.\n\nThanks to Matthias Zepper of [NGI Sweden](https://ngisweden.scilifelab.se/) for reporting this to the crates.io team!",
  "id": "GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j",
  "modified": "2026-02-12T22:10:23Z",
  "published": "2026-02-12T22:10:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0150.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "`finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code"
}

RUSTSEC-2025-0150 (GHSA-XP79-9MXW-878J)

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec – Published: 2025-12-09 12:00 – Updated: 2026-03-17 22:31 – Source website

Summary

`finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

Details

This attempts to typosquat the existing crate finch to steal credentials from local files.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been downloaded 21 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to Matthias Zepper of NGI Sweden for reporting this to the crates.io team!

References

URL

Type

	https://crates.io/crates/finch-rst	PACKAGE
	https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0150.html	ADVISORY

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [
          "malicious"
        ],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": null
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "finch-rst",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/finch-rst"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "This attempts to typosquat the existing crate\n[`finch`](https://crates.io/crates/finch) to steal credentials from local\nfiles.\n\nThe malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been\ndownloaded 21 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.\n\nThanks to Matthias Zepper of [NGI Sweden](https://ngisweden.scilifelab.se/) for\nreporting this to the crates.io team!",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2025-0150",
  "modified": "2026-03-17T22:31:38Z",
  "published": "2025-12-09T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/finch-rst"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0150.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "`finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code"
}

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