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🛡️ RUSTSEC-2026-0039 — chrono-anchor

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

chrono_anchor was removed from crates.io due to malicious code

The chrono_anchor crate attempted to exfiltrate .env files to a server that

was in turn impersonating the legitimate timeapi.io service.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 6 days

before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates

depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to [Socket][socket] for reporting this crate. They have published

[a blog post][blog] about this recent campaign, and we advise users of

timeapi.io to exercise caution when using crates to interact with that

service.

[socket]: https://socket.dev

[blog]: https://socket.dev/blog/5-malicious-rust-crates-posed-as-time-utilities-to-exfiltrate-env-files

Affected software

RUSTSEC-2026-0039 is recorded against 1 package.

  • chrono-anchor

Timeline and source

Published on 10 March 2026 and last revised on 17 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

crates.io (Package)
rustsec.org (Advisory)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-03-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
chrono-anchor — —

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