rustsec-2026-0040
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2026-03-14 12:00
Modified
2026-03-17 22:31
Summary
`tracing-ethers` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code
Details

The tracing-ethers crate attempted to exfiltrate ssh keys to an app hosted on vercel.app

The malicious crate had 9 version published on 2026-03-09 approximately 5 days before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to the user killa for reporting this malicious crate.

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        "cvss": null,
        "informational": null
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  "id": "RUSTSEC-2026-0040",
  "modified": "2026-03-17T22:31:38Z",
  "published": "2026-03-14T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/tracing-ethers"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0040.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "`tracing-ethers` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code"
}


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