rustsec-2025-0155
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2025-02-10 12:00
Modified
2026-03-26 06:26
Summary
`rands` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
Details

This crate attempted to typosquat the rand crate, and would link in a malware payload on macOS and Linux hosts when built.

This advisory is to retrospectively document this attempted attack. The version information and download records of the malicious crate are no longer available. The related malicious crates have been yanked, and the malicious account has been banned.

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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": "rands",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/rands"
      },
      "ranges": [
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        }
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  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "This crate attempted to typosquat the `rand` crate, and would link in a malware\npayload on macOS and Linux hosts when built.\n\nThis advisory is to retrospectively document this attempted attack. The version\ninformation and download records of the malicious crate are no longer\navailable. The related malicious crates have been yanked, and the malicious\naccount has been banned.",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2025-0155",
  "modified": "2026-03-26T06:26:31Z",
  "published": "2025-02-10T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/rands"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0155.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "`rands` was removed from crates.io for malicious code"
}


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