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RUSTSEC-2026-0040

`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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Affected packages

crates.io/tracing-ethers
Introduced in: 0.0.0-0

No fixed version published yet for tracing-ethers. Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.

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