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RUSTSEC-2025-0155

rands was removed from crates.io for malicious code

Reported
Issued
Package
rands
Type
Vulnerability
Categories
Patched
no patched versions

Description

This crate attempted to typosquat the rand crate, and would link in a malware payload on macOS and Linux hosts when built.

This advisory is to retrospectively document this attempted attack. The version information and download records of the malicious crate are no longer available. The related malicious crates have been yanked, and the malicious account has been banned.

Advisory available under CC0-1.0 license.