{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0014","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"`rpc-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code","description":"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!","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2026-02-19T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-17T22:45:11Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"rpc-check","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://crates.io/crates/rpc-check","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0014.html","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0014","title":"`rpc-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code","description":"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!","status":"published","published":"2026-02-19T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-17T22:45:11.441581Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:40.430679Z"}]}}