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RUSTSEC-2026-0039

`chrono_anchor` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code

Details

The `chrono_anchor` crate attempted to exfiltrate `.env` files to a server that was in turn impersonating the legitimate `timeapi.io` service.

The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-03-04 approximately 6 days before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to [Socket][socket] for reporting this crate. They have published [a blog post][blog] about this recent campaign, and we advise users of `timeapi.io` to exercise caution when using crates to interact with that service.

[socket]: https://socket.dev [blog]: https://socket.dev/blog/5-malicious-rust-crates-posed-as-time-utilities-to-exfiltrate-env-files

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Affected packages

crates.io/chrono_anchor
Introduced in: 0.0.0-0

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