rustsec-2026-0036
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2026-03-04 12:00
Modified
2026-03-06 06:03
Summary
`time-sync` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code
Details

The time-sync crate attempted to exfiltrate .env files to a server that was in turn impersonating the legitimate timeapi.io service. This the same attack that we've seen three times in the last few days.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 50 minutes 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": "time-sync",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/time-sync"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-mh23-rw7f-v5pq"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "The `time-sync` crate attempted to exfiltrate `.env` files to a server that was\nin turn impersonating the legitimate `timeapi.io` service. This the same attack\nthat we\u0027ve seen three times in the last few days.\n\nThe malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 50\nminutes before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no\ncrates depending on this crate on crates.io.",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0036",
  "modified": "2026-03-06T06:03:13Z",
  "published": "2026-03-04T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/time-sync"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0036.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "`time-sync` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code"
}


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