🛡️ MAL-2026-12093 — ethers-signer

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Malicious code in @wethenorth12/ethers-signer (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector

On require(), index.js collects the host's hostname, username, home directory, platform, current working directory, and the entire process.env, base64-encodes the payload, and transmits it via https.get to api.telegram.org using a hardcoded bot token and chat_id 8969499041. A marker file in the OS temp directory is used to gate repeated sends. process.env routinely carries CI tokens, cloud credentials, and API keys on developer and build-system machines, so this constitutes bulk credential theft on install/import. The package self-describes as a drop-in replacement for @ethersproject/abstract-signer and delegates to it when present, using impersonation of a widely-used Ethereum library as the lure to increase installations.

Affected software

MAL-2026-12093 is recorded against 1 package.

  • @wethenorth12/ethers-signer

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)

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
@wethenorth12/ethers-signer

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