`time_calibrator` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code
Critical severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Mar 4, 2026
to the GitHub Advisory Database
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Mar 4, 2026
Reviewed
Mar 4, 2026
It was reported
time_calibratorcontained malicious code, that would try to upload.envfiles to a server.The malicious crate had only 1 version published at 2026-02-28 and no evidence of actual usage. The crate was removed from crates.io and the user account was locked. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.
Rust security response working group thanks Gabriel Silva for finding and reporting this, and thanks to Emily Albini for co-ordinating with the crates.io and infra-admin teams.
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