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RUSTSEC-2026-0468

shinchina was removed from crates.io for malicious code

Reported
Issued
Package
shinchina
Type
Vulnerability
Categories
Patched
no patched versions

Description

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

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-03-01, approximately 20 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.