GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-99j7-fhr2-xfj4 `exploration` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
CRITICAL
Official page ↗
- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- exploration
- Severity
- Critical
- Weaknesses
- CWE-506
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-10
Affected packages
• crates.io exploration: all versions (no fix yet)
Description
A method within the `exploration` crate attempted to download and execute a payload from a remote site.
The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-06-02, approximately 1 hour before removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io.
Rustsec to Kirill Boychenko from the Socket Threat Research Team for reporting this crate.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code weakness