Malicious Package Affecting littest package, versions *
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- published28 Mar 2026
- disclosed6 Nov 2023
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 6 Nov 2023
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 littest package.
Overview
littest is a malicious package.
via the build.rs process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code and exfiltrate sensitive host information by publishing a malicious crate that is installed or built by unsuspecting users.