{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0259","summary":"`arone` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code","details":"We identified that `arone` contained malicious code executed through a build\nscript.\n\nThis crate had 7 versions, with the most recent one being published at\n2026-08-18. The crate was removed from crates.io on 2026-08-20 and the user\naccount was locked.\n\nThis crate was used as part of a malware campaign targeted at users of\n`arrayref`, which was downloaded 2,285 times before being removed; see\n[the `arrayref` advisory][arrayref-advisory] for more detail.\n\n[arrayref-advisory]: https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0260.html","modified":"2026-08-21T06:30:39.094590945Z","published":"2026-08-20T12:00:00Z","database_specific":{"license":"CC0-1.0"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://crates.io/crates/arone"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0259.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/20/supply-chain-attack-on-arrayref"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"arone","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/arone"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"affected_functions":null,"affects":{"os":[],"functions":[],"arch":[]}},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0259.json","informational":null,"categories":[],"cvss":null}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}