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🛡️ MAL-2026-11994 — web3-provider-engine

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

Malicious code in @zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector

Package impersonates MetaMask's web3-provider-engine (author field 'MetaMask', homepage pointing to github.com/MetaMask/web3-provider-engine) while shipping a postinstall.js that runs automatically on npm install and harvests installer secrets. postinstall.js reads ~/.ssh contents, ~/.npmrc, ~/.gitconfig, Chrome/Firefox profile databases (Cookies, Login Data, key4.db), enumerates crypto wallet directories (.bitcoin,.ethereum,.metamask,.exodus, and others), invokes npm whoami and git config, and captures roughly 30 credential-shaped environment variables including NPM_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, AWS keys, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC, SEED_PHRASE, and multiple chain-specific *_PRIVATE_KEY values. The collected data is JSON-serialized and transmitted to two hardcoded non-first-party destinations: api.telegram.org/bot<token>/sendMessage via GET with a hardcoded bot token and chat_id, and https://40f955f39128bd79-178-249-214-24.serveousercontent.com/collect via POST. index.js provides a stub web3 API surface (createWallet, generateMnemonic returning random bytes) to appear functional and disguise the harvest.

Affected software

MAL-2026-11994 is recorded against 1 package.

  • @zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine

Timeline and source

Published on 4 August 2026 and last revised on 5 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.npmjs.com (Package)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-04
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
@zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine — —

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