Malicious Rust Crate Arrayref Runs a Build-Time Payload

A compromised release of the popular Rust crate arrayref pulled in a typosquatted proc-macro1 whose build script downloads and runs a remote binary at compile…
545 points by abhisek 62 days ago safedep.io 492 comments

Summary

A popular Rust crate, arrayref, was compromised through a typosquatted dependency that executes a remote binary during the build process. This incident highlights the vulnerabilities that can arise in package management systems and the importance of verifying dependencies.

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