# MAL-2026-12068: Malicious code in ledger-lib (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `ledger-lib` (npm)
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2026

## What is MAL-2026-12068?

MAL-2026-12068 is a malicious package in ledger-lib, published on 5 Aug 2026. 

### Official description

The npm package ledger-lib@1.0.0 presents itself as a Ledger hardware wallet library but ships no wallet functionality (index.js is empty). Its package.json declares a postinstall hook that runs postinstall.js on every npm install. postinstall.js reads a hardcoded list of installer-owned secret files including ~/.env variants, ~/.npmrc, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.ssh/id_rsa, and ~/.ssh/id_ed25519, then enumerates dotdirectories under the user's home and reads any file whose name matches wallet, key, secret, seed, mnemonic, keystore, or private, truncating each to 8KB. The collected contents are POSTed via https.request to the hardcoded host enxhcjpo5ev.x.pipedream.net at path /c, a Pipedream request bin acting as the attacker's collection endpoint. The stated Ledger purpose is cover for credential and wallet-seed theft executed automatically at install time.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'ledger-lib' @ 1.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

## What should I do about MAL-2026-12068?

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-2026-12068 is a malicious package: ledger-lib (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-2026-12068/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12068/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12068

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