rustsec-2026-0081
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2026-04-05 12:00
Modified
2026-04-05 23:52
Summary
`logtrace` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
Details

logtrace appeared to be downloading a RAT.

The malicious crate had 2 versions published on 2026-04-01 that had a total of 30 downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to Socket.dev for detecting and reporting this to the crates.io team!

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [
          "malicious"
        ],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": null
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "logtrace",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/logtrace"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "`logtrace` appeared to be downloading a RAT.\n\nThe malicious crate had 2 versions published on 2026-04-01 that had a total of 30 downloads. There\nwere no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.\n\nThanks to [Socket.dev](https://socket.dev/) for detecting and reporting this to the crates.io team!",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0081",
  "modified": "2026-04-05T23:52:05Z",
  "published": "2026-04-05T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/logtrace"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0081.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "`logtrace` was removed from crates.io for malicious code"
}


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