RUSTSEC-2026-0264

Source
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0264
Import Source
https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0264.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2026-0264
Published
2026-08-20T12:00:00Z
Modified
2026-08-21T06:30:39.173803720Z
Summary
`proc-macro-en` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code
Details

We identified that proc-macro-en contained the same build script as proc-macro1 and it was part of the same supply chain attack.

This crate had one single version published at 2026-08-20. The crate was removed from crates.io and related user account was locked.

This crate was used as part of a malware campaign targeted at users of arrayref, which was downloaded 2,285 times before being removed; see the arrayref advisory for more detail.

Database specific
{
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
}
References

Affected packages

crates.io / proc-macro-en

Package

Name
proc-macro-en
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Purl
pkg:cargo/proc-macro-en

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.0.0-0

Ecosystem specific

{
    "affects": {
        "functions": [],
        "arch": [],
        "os": []
    },
    "affected_functions": null
}

Database specific

informational
null
cvss
null
source
"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0264.json"
categories
[
    "malicious"
]