Rust advisories / finch-rst
Vulnerability CriticalRUSTSEC-2025-0150 · finch-rst
RUSTSEC-2025-0150: `finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
Short answerA security vulnerability in the finch-rst crate: `finch-rst` was removed from crates.io for malicious code. GitHub rates it Critical. No fixed version: replace the crate or remove the affected code path.
| Crate | finch-rst |
|---|---|
| Type | Vulnerability (malicious) |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | none |
| Severity | Critical (GitHub rating) |
| Published | 2025-12-09 |
| Last changed | 2026-03-17 |
| Also known as | GHSA-xp79-9mxw-878j |
What to do
- Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i finch-rst. - Avoid the affected API, or replace the crate.
Details from the advisory
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!
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/finch-rst
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0150.html
From the RustSec Advisory Database (CC0-1.0) via the OSV export, downloaded Oct 24, 2026. Severity score computed from the published CVSS vector.
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