rustsec-2025-0150
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2025-12-09 12:00
Modified
2026-02-13 04:43
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": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [],
        "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": "2026-02-13T04:43:42Z",
  "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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