{"id":"RUSTSEC-2025-0150","summary":"`finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code","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!","aliases":["GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j"],"modified":"2026-03-17T22:45:10.721962Z","published":"2025-12-09T12:00:00Z","database_specific":{"license":"CC0-1.0"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://crates.io/crates/finch-rst"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0150.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"finch-rst","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/finch-rst"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"affected_functions":null,"affects":{"arch":[],"functions":[],"os":[]}},"database_specific":{"cvss":null,"informational":null,"source":"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2025-0150.json","categories":["malicious"]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}