rustsec-2026-0030
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2026-03-03 12:00
Modified
2026-03-05 05:53
Summary
`time_calibrator` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code
Details

It was reported time_calibrator contained malicious code, that would try to upload .env files to a server.

The malicious crate had only 1 version published at 2026-02-28 and no evidence of actual usage. The crate was removed from crates.io and the user account was locked. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to Gabriel Silva for finding and reporting this to the Rust security response working group, and thanks to Emily Albini for co-ordinating with the crates.io and infra-admin teams.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": null
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "time_calibrator",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/time_calibrator"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-77xj-rrh3-wx3v"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "It was reported `time_calibrator` contained malicious code, that would try to\nupload `.env` files to a server.\n\nThe malicious crate had only 1 version published at 2026-02-28 and no evidence\nof actual usage. The crate was removed from crates.io and the user account was\nlocked. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.\n\nThanks to Gabriel Silva for finding and reporting this to the Rust security response\nworking group, and thanks to Emily Albini for co-ordinating with the crates.io and\ninfra-admin teams.",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0030",
  "modified": "2026-03-05T05:53:11Z",
  "published": "2026-03-03T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/time_calibrator"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0030.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "`time_calibrator` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code"
}


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