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Unscored RUSTSEC-2026-0014

`rpc-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

Published Feb 19, 2026 · Updated Mar 17, 2026 · Assigned by RUSTSEC

Description

It was attempting to steal credentials from the `POLYMARKET_PRIVATE_KEY` environment variable.

The malicious crate had 3 versions published on 2026-02-15 and had been downloaded only 155 times.
There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.

Thanks to Sisong Li for finding and reporting this to the crates.io team!

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io rpc-check >= 0.0.0-0 — RUSTSEC-2026-0014

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