rustsec-2026-0014
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2026-02-19 12:00
Modified
2026-02-19 22:41
Summary
`rpc-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
Details
It was attempting to steal credentials from the POLYMARKET_PRIVATE_KEY environment variable.
The malicious crate had 3 versions published on 2026-02-15 and had been downloaded only 155 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.
Thanks to Sisong Li for finding and reporting this to the crates.io team!
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"categories": [],
"cvss": null,
"informational": null
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"affected_functions": null,
"affects": {
"arch": [],
"functions": [],
"os": []
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "crates.io",
"name": "rpc-check",
"purl": "pkg:cargo/rpc-check"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0.0.0-0"
}
],
"type": "SEMVER"
}
],
"versions": []
}
],
"aliases": [],
"database_specific": {
"license": "CC0-1.0"
},
"details": "It was attempting to steal credentials from the `POLYMARKET_PRIVATE_KEY` environment variable.\n\nThe malicious crate had 3 versions published on 2026-02-15 and had been downloaded only 155 times.\nThere were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.\n\nThanks to Sisong Li for finding and reporting this to the crates.io team!",
"id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0014",
"modified": "2026-02-19T22:41:14Z",
"published": "2026-02-19T12:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://crates.io/crates/rpc-check"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0014.html"
}
],
"related": [],
"severity": [],
"summary": "`rpc-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code"
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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