RUSTSEC-2025-0155

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Source

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0155

Import Source

https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2025-0155.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2025-0155

Published

2025-02-10T12:00:00Z

Modified

2026-03-26T06:30:10.923031Z

Summary

`rands` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

Details

This crate attempted to typosquat the rand crate, and would link in a malware payload on macOS and Linux hosts when built.

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 / rands

Package

Name: rands; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:cargo/rands

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0-0

Ecosystem specific

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