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


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `hardhat-gas-tracker` (npm)
- **Published:** 22 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-11020?

MAL-2026-11020 is a malicious package in hardhat-gas-tracker, published on 22 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-11020?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-11020 is a malicious package: hardhat-gas-tracker (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11020/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11020/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11020

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-11020/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.