{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0040","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"`tracing-ethers` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code","description":"The `tracing-ethers` crate attempted to exfiltrate ssh keys to an app hosted on `vercel.app`\n\nThe malicious crate had 9 version published on 2026-03-09 approximately 5 days\nbefore removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates\ndepending on this crate on crates.io.\n\nThanks to the user `killa` for reporting this malicious crate.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"published":"2026-03-14T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-17T22:45:08Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"crates.io","package":"tracing-ethers","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://crates.io/crates/tracing-ethers","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0040.html","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0040","title":"`tracing-ethers` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code","description":"The `tracing-ethers` crate attempted to exfiltrate ssh keys to an app hosted on `vercel.app`\n\nThe malicious crate had 9 version published on 2026-03-09 approximately 5 days\nbefore removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates\ndepending on this crate on crates.io.\n\nThanks to the user `killa` for reporting this malicious crate.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-14T12:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-17T22:45:08.656352Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:53:40.430679Z"}]}}