{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including @zzzgenesis00/web3-utils-crypto.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-12125 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-12125 is a malicious package in @zzzgenesis00/web3-utils-crypto, published on 5 Aug 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-12125 is a malicious package: @zzzgenesis00/web3-utils-crypto (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12125/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12125/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-12125","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12125/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-12125","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"@zzzgenesis00/web3-utils-crypto ships a postinstall.js that runs automatically on npm install and harvests installer-side secrets and host data. The script reads ~/.ssh, ~/.npmrc, ~/.gitconfig, Chrome/Firefox profile artifacts, wallet directory presence, and enumerates a large list of credential-shaped environment variables (NPM_TOKEN, NODE_AUTH_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, AWS_*, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC, SEED_PHRASE, ETHEREUM_PRIVATE_KEY, and similar), together with hostname, username, homedir, platform/arch, cpu/mem, and cwd. It also invokes `npm whoami`. The collected JSON is transmitted to a hardcoded Telegram bot endpoint (api.telegram.org/bot\u003credacted\u003e/sendMessage?chat_id=7231970337) and POSTed to a serveo.net SSH-tunnel subdomain at 40f955f39128bd79-178-249-214-24.serveousercontent.com/collect. Identifiers in the payload script are obfuscated (_syt, _bqi, _okl, _tk, _ch, _ex) and framed with cover-story comments (`postinstall environment verification`, `Legitimate module passthrough`); package.json impersonates the ChainSafe organization via a spoofed author field and homepage pointing at github.com/chainSafe/web3-utils-crypto.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in @zzzgenesis00/web3-utils-crypto (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-12125","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"@zzzgenesis00/web3-utils-crypto","purl":"pkg:npm/%40zzzgenesis00/web3-utils-crypto","source":"MAL-2026-12125"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-08-05","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-12125/"}