Malicious Package Affecting postgresderive package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-POSTGRESDERIVE-15798272
  • published28 Mar 2026
  • disclosed18 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Aug 2023

Malicious CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-506  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Avoid using all malicious instances of the postgresderive package.

Overview

postgresderive is a malicious package. through the build.rs process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive host information by executing malicious code during the build process.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1