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🛡️ MAL-2026-12067 — hwi-lib

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

Malicious code in hwi-lib (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector

[email protected] ships an empty index.js and a postinstall script that runs automatically on npm install. The script reads installer credential files (~/.aws/credentials, ~/.ssh/id_rsa, id_ed25519, id_ecdsa, ~/.npmrc, ~/.gitconfig, ~/.config/solana/id.json, ~/.ethereum/keystore,.env variants) and walks hidden subdirectories of the user's home directory reading any file matching wallet|key|secret|seed|mnemonic|keystore|private or ending in.json/.pem/.key. The collected contents are POSTed via https.request to the hardcoded endpoint https://enxhcjpo5ev.x.pipedream.net/c. Package name and 'crypto utility' description impersonate the HWI (Hardware Wallet Interface) tooling while the shipped module exports nothing, indicating a lure.

Source: ossf-package-analysis

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hwi-lib' @ 1.0.1 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Affected software

MAL-2026-12067 is recorded against 1 package.

  • hwi-lib

Timeline and source

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

References

www.npmjs.com (Package)
www.npmjs.com (Package)
www.npmjs.com (Package)

Details

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

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
hwi-lib — —

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