GHSA-f8h5-x737-x4xr: `finch-rust` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

February 6, 2026

It depended on the sha-rust crate, which appeared to be attempting to steal credentials from local files.

References

blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/05/crates.io-malicious-crates-finch-rust-and-sha-rust
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f8h5-x737-x4xr
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0148.html

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