GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-5pmp-jpcf-pwx6 `tracing-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

CRITICAL Published 2026-03-02 Modified 2026-03-02 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
tracing-check
Severity
Critical
Reviewed
2026-03-02

Affected packages

• crates.io tracing-check: all versions (no fix yet)

Description

This is part of an ongoing campaign to attempt to typosquat crates in the `polymarket-client-sdk` ecosystem to exfiltrate user credentials. The malicious crate had 1 version published on 2026-02-24 approximately 4 hours before removal and had no evidence of actual downloads. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io. The crates.io team advises anyone developing with Polymarket to review dependencies carefully. We are investigating ways to mitigate this attacker who appears to be very motivated to steal Polymarket credentials.

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