rustsec-2026-0032
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2026-03-04 12:00
Modified
2026-03-05 05:53
Summary
`dnp3times` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code
Details

The dnp3times crate attempted to exfiltrate .env files to a server that was in turn impersonating the legitimate timeapi.io service. It was loosely trying to typosquat the dnp3time crate, but otherwise was the same attack as the time_calibrator and time_calibrators malware yesterday.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 6 hours before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

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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": "dnp3times",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/dnp3times"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-xhw7-jhmp-j62j"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "The `dnp3times` crate attempted to exfiltrate `.env` files to a server\nthat was in turn impersonating the legitimate `timeapi.io` service. It was\nloosely trying to typosquat the `dnp3time` crate, but otherwise was the same\nattack as the `time_calibrator` and `time_calibrators` malware yesterday.\n\nThe malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 6 hours\nbefore removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates\ndepending on this crate on crates.io.",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0032",
  "modified": "2026-03-05T05:53:11Z",
  "published": "2026-03-04T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/dnp3times"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0032.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "`dnp3times` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code"
}


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