---
id: RUSTSEC-2026-0261
title: '`aronenao` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code'
summary: '`aronenao` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code'
severity: none
vendor: aronenao
product: aronenao
ecosystem: rust
affected:
  - aronenao >= 0.0.0-0
published: '2026-08-20'
updated: '2026-08-20'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2026-0261'
references:
  - url: 'https://crates.io/crates/aronenao'
  - url: 'https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0261.html'
  - url: 'https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/08/20/supply-chain-attack-on-arrayref'
tags:
  - osv
  - rust
ingestedAt: '2026-08-20T19:23:09.872Z'
---

## Overview

We identified `aronenao` contained malicious code executed through a build script.

This crate had 11 versions, and the last was published at 2026-08-18 with no evidence
of actual usage. The crate was removed from crates.io and the user account was
locked.

## Affected packages

- `aronenao >= 0.0.0-0`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.