RUSTSEC-2026-0171

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.

Source

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0171

Import Source

https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0171.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2026-0171

Published

2026-06-03T12:00:00Z

Modified

2026-06-04T20:00:04Z

Summary

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

Details

The logflux crate attempted to download and run a malicious payload on the user's machine.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-04-26, approximately 1 month before removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io.

Thanks to Paweł Bis for discovering and reporting this crate!

This appears to have been part of a campaign targeting people applying for Rust jobs. Please be careful with take-home assignments, especially if they ask you to use specific dependencies.

Database specific

{
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
}

References

Affected packages

crates.io / logflux

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0-0

Ecosystem specific

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