{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0155","summary":"`exploration` was removed from crates.io for malicious code","details":"A method within the `exploration` crate attempted to download and execute a\npayload from a remote site.\n\nThe malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-06-02, approximately 1 hour\nbefore removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no\ndependencies on crates.io.\n\nThanks to Kirill Boychenko from the [Socket Threat Research\nTeam](https://socket.dev/) for reporting this crate.","modified":"2026-06-03T09:00:04.820000621Z","published":"2026-06-02T12:00:00Z","database_specific":{"license":"CC0-1.0"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://crates.io/crates/exploration"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0155.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"exploration","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/exploration"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"affected_functions":null,"affects":{"os":[],"arch":[],"functions":[]}},"database_specific":{"categories":["malicious"],"cvss":null,"informational":null,"source":"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0155.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}