MAL-2026-12094

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@wethenorth12/ethers-wallet/MAL-2026-12094.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-12094
Published
2026-08-05T06:23:20Z
Modified
2026-08-05T07:20:53.915582130Z
Summary
Malicious code in @wethenorth12/ethers-wallet (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (6460d1d0c9cc7423bb90aaf0b165fe45b3949fb627b33d817d34c1ffea64d3d8)

The package presents itself as a drop-in replacement for the ethers library (author metadata ethers-io, repository URL pointing at the legitimate ethers project) and re-exports require('ethers') to appear functional. On require, index.js builds a JSON payload containing the entire process.env dictionary plus hostname, username, home directory, platform, current working directory, and timestamp, base64-encodes it, and sends it via HTTPS GET to a hardcoded Telegram Bot API sendMessage endpoint (bot id 7231970337, chat_id 8969499041). A tempdir flag file suppresses re-sends. In CI and developer environments process.env routinely contains AWS keys, npm tokens, GitHub tokens, and other credentials, so this constitutes bulk credential theft against any environment that installs or transitively loads the package.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-013439",
            "import_time": "2026-08-05T07:06:47.548847678Z",
            "sha256": "6460d1d0c9cc7423bb90aaf0b165fe45b3949fb627b33d817d34c1ffea64d3d8",
            "versions": [
                "6.13.5"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-05T06:23:20Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @wethenorth12/ethers-wallet

Package

Name
@wethenorth12/ethers-wallet
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40wethenorth12/ethers-wallet

Affected ranges

Affected versions

6.*
6.13.5

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "index.js",
            "tlsh": "ab2186cc27f1f58e11726691642f750f727fd9b20488ea60d1e4d4c32f712cc4965388",
            "sha256": "65efb36c9dd706b0ca1e6684c04f20c0f743c6f483dd57d180e35ea9c7f5fc54"
        },
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "1af078248a10aa732acc1f81ac6a22e7b621ac07c990bc2833d7040d474e67f1efd50c",
            "sha256": "67ff09e74916ea870d704627b584624c5d06d9a350c15af364fc246c993c409f"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "ethers-wallet-6.13.5.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "080de876d4c32dfadcb8285d13ebe699db84589c",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-aFuTVMiXpbeqnAae9DlBMBARLhqtYqlKsn5EMBBEjbBuGl96fe4dCu1JtbxTGgOc90FxDy5RIZgSd9HRPbf8gg=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@wethenorth12/ethers-wallet/MAL-2026-12094.json"