criticalVulnerability
GHSA-99j7-fhr2-xfj4
A method within the `exploration` crate attempted to download and execute a payload from a remote site. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-06-02, approximately 1 hour before removal, and had no evidence of actual usage. This crate had no dependencies on crates.io. Rustsec to Kirill Boychenko from the [Socket Threat Research Team](https://socket.dev/) for reporting this crate.
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-99j7-fhr2-xfj4
- severity
- critical
- summary
- `exploration` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
- cve_id
- GHSA-99j7-fhr2-xfj4
- is_ghsa_only
- true
- ghsa_published
- 2026-07-10T19:32:24Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99j7-fhr2-xfj4
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-07-10T19:32:24Z
Related Entities (4)
HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
→[Weakness]Embedded Malicious Code
VULNERABLE_TO (1)
←[Software]rust/exploration
AFFECTS (1)
→[Software]rust/exploration
REPORTED_BY (1)
→[Source]GitHub Advisory Database
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