Malicious Package Affecting finch-rst package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Snyk has reported that there have been attempts or successful attacks targeting this vulnerability.
Attacked
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- published15 Feb 2026
- disclosed9 Dec 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 9 Dec 2025
Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Avoid using all malicious instances of the finch-rst package.
Overview
finch-rst is a malicious package. via the credential handling process. An attacker can exfiltrate sensitive information by publishing a malicious package designed to mimic a legitimate one and steal credentials from local files.