Description
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | tracing-ethers | >= 0.0.0-0 | — | RUSTSEC-2026-0040 |