CVE-2026-77650
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.8%
54.8th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-506
Published 2026-08-21 · modified 2026-09-09
Description
The append-only-vec crate 0.1.9 for Rust can trigger execution of malicious code when compiling a project that uses the crate, because it has a rogue dependency that registers with a command-and-control server to offer arbitrary code execution.
References
- https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/20/supply-chain-attack-on-arrayref
- https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/issues/3161
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0262.html
- https://safedep.io/arrayref-proc-macro1-rust-build-time-malware/
- https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/arrayref-rust-crate-supply-chain-attack