GHSA-vgr2-r5hm-f6gf

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vgr2-r5hm-f6gf
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-vgr2-r5hm-f6gf/GHSA-vgr2-r5hm-f6gf.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vgr2-r5hm-f6gf
Aliases
Published
2026-02-12T22:11:08Z
Modified
2026-02-13T07:26:25Z
Summary
`sha-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
Details

This crate was used as a dependency by finch_cli_rust and finch-rst and contained a malware payload to exfiltrate credentials.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been downloaded 22 times. Other than the other crates above that were part of the attack, no other crates depedended on this crate.

Thanks to Matthias Zepper of NGI Sweden for reporting this to the crates.io team!

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-506"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-02-12T22:11:08Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}
References

Affected packages

crates.io / sha-rst

Package

Name
sha-rst
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Purl
pkg:cargo/sha-rst

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-vgr2-r5hm-f6gf/GHSA-vgr2-r5hm-f6gf.json"