RUSTSEC-2026-0100

Source
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0100
Import Source
https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0100.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2026-0100
Published
2026-04-13T12:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-15T21:45:10.007047Z
Summary
`pretty-changelog-logger` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
Details

pretty-changelog-logger contains a build script (build.rs) that acts as a loader/dropper for malicious payloads.

The malicious crate had 3 versions published on 2026-04-08 that had a total of 2239 downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to Socket.dev for detecting and reporting this to the crates.io team!

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

Affected packages

crates.io / pretty-changelog-logger

Package

Name
pretty-changelog-logger
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:cargo/pretty-changelog-logger

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.0.0-0

Ecosystem specific

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

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0100.json"
informational
null
categories
[
    "malicious"
]
cvss
null