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title: "GHSA-5pmp-jpcf-pwx6: `tracing-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/ghsa/GHSA-5pmp-jpcf-pwx6/
description: "GHSA-5pmp-jpcf-pwx6 (critical, crates.io (Rust)): tracing-check was removed from crates.io for malicious code. This is part of an ongoing campaign to…"
type: advisory
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-03-02
date_modified: 2026-03-02
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
ghsa: "GHSA-5pmp-jpcf-pwx6"
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# GHSA-5pmp-jpcf-pwx6: `tracing-check` was removed from crates.io for malicious code

## Affected packages

- crates.io (Rust) `tracing-check` >= 0 → fixed: none listed

## Details

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.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-5pmp-jpcf-pwx6](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5pmp-jpcf-pwx6)
- [rustsec.org](https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0019.html)

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