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Supply chain attack on arrayref (blog.rust-lang.org)
submitted 1 week ago by Gobbel2000@programming.dev to c/rust@programming.dev
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If you recently used Cargo, make sure your system didn't get infected. Here is another article with a little more info: https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/arrayref-rust-crate-supply-chain-attack

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[-] TehPers@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago

There have been discussions in the past around sandboxing build scripts, but until that day comes (if it does), I think there could at least be a prompt to approve build scripts for individual package versions. Several JS package managers do this now, and it helps.

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