Rust advisories / tracing-ethers
VulnerabilityRUSTSEC-2026-0040 · tracing-ethers
RUSTSEC-2026-0040: `tracing-ethers` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code
Short answerA security vulnerability in the tracing-ethers crate: `tracing-ethers` was removed from crates.io due to malicious code. No severity score was published. No fixed version: replace the crate or remove the affected code path.
| Crate | tracing-ethers |
|---|---|
| Type | Vulnerability (malicious) |
| Affected versions | Every version. |
| Fixed in | none |
| Severity | not scored |
| Published | 2026-03-14 |
| Last changed | 2026-03-17 |
| Also known as | none |
What to do
- Find who pulls it in:
cargo tree -i tracing-ethers. - Avoid the affected API, or replace the crate.
Details from the advisory
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.
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/tracing-ethers
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0040.html
From the RustSec Advisory Database (CC0-1.0) via the OSV export, downloaded Oct 24, 2026. Severity score computed from the published CVSS vector.
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