{"id":"RUSTSEC-2026-0040","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`\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.","modified":"2026-03-17T22:45:08.656352Z","published":"2026-03-14T12:00:00Z","database_specific":{"license":"CC0-1.0"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://crates.io/crates/tracing-ethers"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0040.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tracing-ethers","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/tracing-ethers"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"affected_functions":null,"affects":{"functions":[],"arch":[],"os":[]}},"database_specific":{"categories":["malicious"],"informational":null,"source":"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2026-0040.json","cvss":null}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}