{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0266","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"`internment` 0.8.7 was removed from crates.io due to a malicious dependency","description":"A new version of the `internment` crate was published with a direct dependency\non `proc-macro1`, which would execute a malicious build script.\n\nThe compromised version of this crate was published on 2026-08-20, and was\nremoved approximately 90 minutes later.\n\nThe compromised version was used as part of a malware campaign targeted at\nusers of `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","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2026-08-20T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-08-21T06:30:03Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"internment","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.8.7-0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://crates.io/crates/internment","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0266.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/20/supply-chain-attack-on-arrayref","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0266","title":"`internment` 0.8.7 was removed from crates.io due to a malicious dependency","description":"A new version of the `internment` crate was published with a direct dependency\non `proc-macro1`, which would execute a malicious build script.\n\nThe compromised version of this crate was published on 2026-08-20, and was\nremoved approximately 90 minutes later.\n\nThe compromised version was used as part of a malware campaign targeted at\nusers of `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","status":"published","published":"2026-08-20T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-08-21T06:30:03.165270201Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:40.430679Z"}]}}