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RUSTSEC-2026-0465

electrumd was removed from crates.io for malicious code

Reported
Issued
Package
electrumd
Type
Vulnerability
Categories
Patched
no patched versions

Description

electrumd attempted to send telemetry from the build environment to an arbitrary URL.

The malicious crate had 5 versions published on 2026-01-26, approximately 10 months before removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io.

Thanks to Bitbison for the report.

Advisory available under CC0-1.0 license.