`polymarket-clients-sdk` was removed from crates.io for malicious code
Critical severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Feb 6, 2026
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Feb 6, 2026
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Feb 6, 2026
Reviewed
Feb 6, 2026
Last updated
Feb 6, 2026
It appeared to be typosquatting existing crate
polymarket-client-sdk(clientsvsclient) and attempting to steal credentials from local files.The malicious crate had 6 versions published on 2026-02-05 and had been downloaded only 59 times. There were no crates depending on this crate on crates.io.
Polymarket thanks Socket.dev for detecting and reporting this to the crates.io team!
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