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title: "GHSA-xhw7-jhmp-j62j: `dnp3times` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/ghsa/GHSA-xhw7-jhmp-j62j/
description: "GHSA-xhw7-jhmp-j62j (critical, crates.io (Rust)): dnp3times was removed from crates.io due to malicious code. The dnp3times crate attempted to exfiltrate…"
type: advisory
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-03-05
date_modified: 2026-03-05
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
ghsa: "GHSA-xhw7-jhmp-j62j"
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# GHSA-xhw7-jhmp-j62j: `dnp3times` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code

## Affected packages

- crates.io (Rust) `dnp3times` >= 0 → fixed: none listed

## Details

The dnp3times crate attempted to exfiltrate .env files to a server that was in turn impersonating the legitimate timeapi.io service. It was loosely trying to typosquat the dnp3time crate, but otherwise was the same attack as the recent timecalibrator and timecalibrators malware. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 6 hours before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-xhw7-jhmp-j62j](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhw7-jhmp-j62j)
- [rustsec.org](https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0032.html)

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