Malicious Package Affecting windowsservice package, versions *
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- published28 Mar 2026
- disclosed18 Nov 2023
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 18 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 windowsservice package.
Overview
windowsservice is a malicious package.
through the windowsservice process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by installing and running the malicious crate on a Windows host.