Open-source package vulnerability · Rust (crates.io)

GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j: `finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

critical

This attempts to typosquat the existing crate finch to steal credentials from local files. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been downloaded 21 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. Thanks to Matthias Zepper of NGI Sweden for reporting this to the crates.io team!

Published Feb 12, 2026

Affected packages

finch-rst

Ecosystem: Rust (crates.io)
Affected: >= 0
Fixed in: No patched version yet
Check: cargo tree -i finch-rst

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

This attempts to typosquat the existing crate `finch` to steal credentials from local files.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been downloaded 21 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to Matthias Zepper of NGI Sweden for reporting this to the crates.io team!

References

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