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Malicious code in arrayref (crates.io)

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Affected packages

  • crates.io arrayref

    Affected
    >= 0.3.10, <= 0.3.10
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
not scored
EPSS
No dated EPSS signal available.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

arrayref 0.3.10 was published to crates.io from a maintainer account (droundy) that appears to be compromised. Unlike every prior release, 0.3.10 declares a dependency on the malicious crate proc-macro1. The arrayref source itself is unchanged genuine macro code, but Cargo compiles the declared dependency, so building any project that resolves arrayref 0.3.10 pulls in and builds proc-macro1, whose build script downloads and executes an architecture-specific remote binary at build time from https://23.254.165.112:9089/ and passes 23.254.165.112:443 as a command-and-control address. Part of a coordinated crates.io campaign on 2026-08-20 that also trojanized internment and append-only-vec. The malicious release has been removed from crates.io; releases 0.3.9 and earlier are unaffected.

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  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record MAL-2026-14336

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: mal-2026-14336

Advisory: Malicious code in arrayref (crates.io)
IDs: mal-2026-14336
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-14336 (revision 1, source checked 23 Oct 2026, 22:04 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- crates.io arrayref: affected >= 0.3.10, <= 0.3.10

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- crates.io arrayref: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on arrayref.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-14336 (OSV record MAL-2026-14336 lists affected ranges: crates.io arrayref >=0.3.10 <=0.3.10)

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