GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-vgr2-r5hm-f6gf `sha-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

CRITICAL Published 2026-02-12 Modified 2026-02-12 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
sha-rst
Severity
Critical
Weaknesses
CWE-506
Reviewed
2026-02-12

Affected packages

• crates.io sha-rst: all versions (no fix yet)

Description

This crate was used as a dependency by `finch_cli_rust` and `finch-rst` and contained a malware payload to exfiltrate credentials. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been downloaded 22 times. Other than the other crates above that were part of the attack, no other crates depedended on this crate. Thanks to Matthias Zepper of NGI Sweden for reporting this to the crates.io team!

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code weakness

References