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title: "GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j: `finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/ghsa/GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j/
description: "GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j (critical, crates.io (Rust)): finch-rst was removed from crates.io for malicious code. This attempts to typosquat the existing crate…"
type: advisory
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-02-12
date_modified: 2026-02-12
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
ghsa: "GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j"
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j: `finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

## Affected packages

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

## Details

This attempts to typosquat the existing crate finch to steal credentials from local files. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2025-12-08 and had been downloaded 21 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. Thanks to Matthias Zepper of NGI Sweden for reporting this to the crates.io team!

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j)
- [rustsec.org](https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0150.html)

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Source page: https://erroneo.us/security/ghsa/GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j/ · Security Digest: https://erroneo.us/security/ · More: https://erroneo.us/llms.txt