RUSTSEC-2026-0467

Source
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0467
Import Source
https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0467.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2026-0467
Published
2026-11-06T12:00:00Z
Modified
2026-11-10T13:00:02Z
Summary
`top_level_crate` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
Details

top_level_crate attempted to send telemetry from the build environment to an arbitrary URL.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-03-01, approximately 20 months before removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io.

Thanks to Bitbison for the report.

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

Affected packages

crates.io / top_level_crate

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.0.0-0

Ecosystem specific

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

Database specific

categories
[
    "malicious"
]
cvss
null
informational
null
source
"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0467.json"