---
id: MAL-2023-8429
aliases:
  - GHSA-9cpx-g2hc-4j42
title: Malicious code in littest (crates.io)
summary: Malicious code in littest (crates.io)
severity: none
vendor: littest
product: littest
ecosystem: rust
affected:
  - littest
published: '2023-11-03'
updated: '2026-07-18'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2023-8429'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9cpx-g2hc-4j42'
tags:
  - osv
  - rust
ingestedAt: '2026-07-18T19:01:59.399Z'
---

## Overview


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## Source: ghsa-malware (7aa724e74bc331806538ea8f6466a631d26496ade4c3518dd9a72d260bc122f5)
## Source: ossf-package-analysis (b7dbb9d0364d3e2b9efec40fc7a2ecdca02406774e6a4359423e6357cf9647e4)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'littest' @ 0.3.1 (crates.io) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/a38ecee305c88a229e05893a0413264b62143ce2/osv/malicious/crates.io/littest/MAL-2023-8429.json))

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (b7dbb9d0364d3e2b9efec40fc7a2ecdca02406774e6a4359423e6357cf9647e4)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'littest' @ 0.3.1 (crates.io) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.


## Affected packages

- `littest`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.