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GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j json

`finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

published 11mo ago modified 7mo ago also RUSTSEC-2025-0150

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Summary

This attempts to typosquat the existing crate [`finch`](https://crates.io/crates/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](https://ngisweden.scilifelab.se/) for reporting this to the crates.io team!

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Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io finch-rst
all versions
>=0.0.0-0
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness

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Sources

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