RUSTSEC-2026-0036

Source
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0036
Import Source
https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0036.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2026-0036
Aliases
Published
2026-03-04T12:00:00Z
Modified
2026-03-17T22:45:08.485265Z
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 in turn impersonating the legitimate timeapi.io service. This the same attack that we've seen three times in the last few days.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 50 minutes before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Database specific
{
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
}
References

Affected packages

crates.io / time-sync

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.0.0-0

Ecosystem specific

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

Database specific

cvss
null
source
"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0036.json"
categories
[
    "malicious"
]
informational
null