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RUSTSEC-2026-0100

`pretty-changelog-logger` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

Details

`pretty-changelog-logger` contains a build script (build.rs) that acts as a loader/dropper for malicious payloads.

The malicious crate had 3 versions published on 2026-04-08 that had a total of 2239 downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to [Socket.dev](https://socket.dev/) for detecting and reporting this to the crates.io team!

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Affected packages

crates.io/pretty-changelog-logger
Introduced in: 0.0.0-0

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