RUSTSEC-2023-0124

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Source

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0124

Import Source

https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2023-0124.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2023-0124

Published

2023-12-22T12:00:00Z

Modified

2026-03-26T06:31:19.052308Z

Summary

`bit-flags` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

Details

This crate was part of a typosquatting malware cluster published by the user alexrichton to run an arbitrary malware payload on Windows hosts.

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.

Database specific

{
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
}

References

Affected packages

crates.io / bit-flags

Package

Name: bit-flags; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:cargo/bit-flags

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0-0

Ecosystem specific

{
    "affects": {
        "os": [],
        "arch": [],
        "functions": []
    },
    "affected_functions": null
}