MAL-2026-11020 Malicious code in hardhat-gas-tracker (npm)

On module load, the package schedules a randomized 5-15 second setTimeout that POSTs a JSON body containing os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, os.homedir(), and the full process.env dump to the hardcoded endpoint https://enjbyg3xk8l.x.pipedream.net/beacon. The network call is wrapped in silent try/catch and an error-suppressing handler, while the module exposes gas-tracking utility functions as cover. In a Hardhat context, process.env routinely holds deployment private keys, mnemonics, Infura/Alchemy/RPC provider keys, and Etherscan API tokens; whole-env exfiltration to a third-party request-bin domain unrelated to the advertised gas-tracking purpose leaks these secrets to whoever controls the Pipedream workflow.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hardhat-gas-tracker' @ 1.0.1 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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