{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0036","summary":"`time-sync` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code","details":"The `time-sync` crate attempted to exfiltrate `.env` files to a server that was\nin turn impersonating the legitimate `timeapi.io` service. This the same attack\nthat we've seen three times in the last few days.\n\nThe malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 50\nminutes before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no\ncrates depending on this crate on crates.io.","aliases":["GHSA-mh23-rw7f-v5pq"],"modified":"2026-03-17T22:45:08.485265Z","published":"2026-03-04T12:00:00Z","database_specific":{"license":"CC0-1.0"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://crates.io/crates/time-sync"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0036.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"time-sync","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/time-sync"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"affected_functions":null,"affects":{"os":[],"arch":[],"functions":[]}},"database_specific":{"cvss":null,"informational":null,"categories":["malicious"],"source":"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0036.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}