mal-2026-10028
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
The npm package @wagni_bot/metemask-sdk is a supply-chain credential stealer disguised as a MetaMask (misspelled 'metemask') SDK. It is one member of a coordinated campaign of 25 crypto/web3 typosquat packages published under the single npm scope @wagni_bot on 2026-07-09.
Each package declares a postinstall lifecycle hook (postinstall: node postinstall.js) that executes automatically on npm install, before the package is ever imported. The script fingerprints the host and user (os.hostname(), os.userInfo(), os.platform()), walks the user's home directory (readdirSync/readFileSync) and reads high-value secrets — SSH private keys (~/.ssh/id_rsa), cryptocurrency wallet files, and .env files (API keys, tokens, seed phrases). It then JSON-encodes the collected data and exfiltrates it to a hardcoded Telegram bot via the Telegram Bot API sendMessage endpoint (https://api.telegram.org/bot8804087989:AAHUia-5DCloXsg9M9QhffTsHO5J_6FAxQM/sendMessage). All error paths are swallowed so the install appears normal.
codelake Research proved the packages belong to one campaign deterministically: the payload file is byte-identical across all 25 packages at each published version (version-lockstep), and every package exfiltrates to the same Telegram bot token — a single automated actor. Detected and classified independently from the live npm feed on 2026-07-09; at the time of reporting the packages were still live on npm and none of the 25 were present in OSV or GHSA (a first-catch).
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: amazon-inspector (cb3278c8cf58eb66a4a0b385f9e36f59b1ad9bca93baf2c6de84e40d550d73ba)
@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk is a single-character typosquat of the legitimate metamask-sdk package ("metemask" vs "metamask"). index.js is an empty stub (module.exports = {}); the package has no functional library code. Its sole effect is a postinstall hook (postinstall.js) that runs at npm install time and performs credential theft against the installer:
- Recursively walks
process.cwd(),os.homedir(), and~/.ssh, reading files whose names match.env,.cred,.pem,.key,mnemonic,seed,wallet,secret,id_rsa,id_ed25519. This captures SSH private keys, crypto-wallet seed phrases/keystores, and dotenv secrets. - Enumerates
process.envand filters keys containingPRIVATE,SECRET,TOKEN,API_KEY,PASSWORD,MNEMONIC,SEED,WALLET,AWS, capturing their values. - Collects host identifiers via
os.hostname(),os.userInfo(), platform, and cwd. - POSTs the harvested content (chunked) to
https://api.telegram.org/bot<hardcoded-token>/sendMessagetargeting attacker chat_id892359416.
This satisfies the attacker-benefit gate (bulk exfiltration of installer-owned SSH keys, wallet seeds, and credential env vars to an attacker-controlled Telegram channel) and auto-executes on default npm install via the postinstall lifecycle. The typosquat name targets developers intending to install MetaMask's SDK.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
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"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
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"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
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"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
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"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
}
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{
"path": "postinstall.js",
"sha256": "3d8a59e627a451040c959870dace8fb417d1f9c55c6e2d2190637289212f8b3f",
"tlsh": "5c8155c4b1fa520958a341eefa5b220210717d573848e4a9fedc9f456f56240af53bfc"
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"package_integrity": [
{
"filename": "metemask-sdk-1.1.5.tgz",
"hashes": {
"sha1": "3200bd5a61c869dc3e1d28f4b807f7e91941d93f",
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},
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"1.1.5",
"1.1.1",
"1.0.0",
"1.2.0",
"1.1.4",
"1.1.3",
"1.1.0",
"1.1.2"
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}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"inspector-research@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://research.codelake.dev/advisories/clr-2026-3000-wagni-metemask-sdk"
],
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}
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"iocs": {
"hashes": [
"sha256:5867a4645ba3bf832a6511e27195ec5073a4ab3142405bf2dab493b8a8a1dbb9"
],
"urls": [
"https://api.telegram.org/bot8804087989:AAHUia-5DCloXsg9M9QhffTsHO5J_6FAxQM/sendMessage"
]
},
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-009078",
"import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:38.872477506Z",
"modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:24:51Z",
"sha256": "0970ff01982fabbf6fe10079a50e89ec0847d3edad5f643b17dbecd70321ae10",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"1.1.5"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-009039",
"import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:35.228102701Z",
"modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:18:36Z",
"sha256": "c734022f34f31176059d3fc16b4750750d6b5f1dbef1662bbd151d29c38d657c",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"1.1.1"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-009024",
"import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:33.409512406Z",
"modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:16:12Z",
"sha256": "cb3278c8cf58eb66a4a0b385f9e36f59b1ad9bca93baf2c6de84e40d550d73ba",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-009016",
"import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:32.881751701Z",
"modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:14:53Z",
"sha256": "f02eb354580eaed07d89cb6015f54f3e97d47891a69f8e420bbd42203e4ea3c3",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"1.2.0"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-009053",
"import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:36.688386301Z",
"modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:20:49Z",
"sha256": "2f1619378d1a86aeccaa082b41b58319d72fae1a8dea02d8f5ba60e1284338c2",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"1.1.4"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-009033",
"import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:34.07294792Z",
"modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:17:39Z",
"sha256": "6772612dd322662e3f6daab985ad1378d380dc8d0e59e10406ebab4de146aa1d",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"1.1.3"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-009069",
"import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:38.027527392Z",
"modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:23:25Z",
"sha256": "b33bbb63be9b14ef0ee3f0041fc8225e2d272c24a1651ffa1b27a8f4876e1975",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"1.1.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "The npm package `@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk` is a supply-chain credential stealer disguised as a **MetaMask (misspelled \u0027metemask\u0027)** SDK. It is one member of a coordinated campaign of 25 crypto/web3 typosquat packages published under the single npm scope `@wagni_bot` on 2026-07-09.\n\nEach package declares a `postinstall` lifecycle hook (`postinstall: node postinstall.js`) that executes automatically on `npm install`, before the package is ever imported. The script fingerprints the host and user (`os.hostname()`, `os.userInfo()`, `os.platform()`), walks the user\u0027s home directory (`readdirSync`/`readFileSync`) and reads high-value secrets \u2014 SSH private keys (`~/.ssh/id_rsa`), cryptocurrency wallet files, and `.env` files (API keys, tokens, seed phrases). It then JSON-encodes the collected data and exfiltrates it to a hardcoded Telegram bot via the Telegram Bot API `sendMessage` endpoint (https://api.telegram.org/bot8804087989:AAHUia-5DCloXsg9M9QhffTsHO5J_6FAxQM/sendMessage). All error paths are swallowed so the install appears normal.\n\ncodelake Research proved the packages belong to one campaign deterministically: the payload file is byte-identical across all 25 packages at each published version (version-lockstep), and every package exfiltrates to the same Telegram bot token \u2014 a single automated actor. Detected and classified independently from the live npm feed on 2026-07-09; at the time of reporting the packages were still live on npm and none of the 25 were present in OSV or GHSA (a first-catch).\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (cb3278c8cf58eb66a4a0b385f9e36f59b1ad9bca93baf2c6de84e40d550d73ba)\n`@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk` is a single-character typosquat of the legitimate `metamask-sdk` package (\"metemask\" vs \"metamask\"). `index.js` is an empty stub (`module.exports = {}`); the package has no functional library code. Its sole effect is a `postinstall` hook (`postinstall.js`) that runs at `npm install` time and performs credential theft against the installer:\n\n- Recursively walks `process.cwd()`, `os.homedir()`, and `~/.ssh`, reading files whose names match `.env`, `.cred`, `.pem`, `.key`, `mnemonic`, `seed`, `wallet`, `secret`, `id_rsa`, `id_ed25519`. This captures SSH private keys, crypto-wallet seed phrases/keystores, and dotenv secrets.\n- Enumerates `process.env` and filters keys containing `PRIVATE`, `SECRET`, `TOKEN`, `API_KEY`, `PASSWORD`, `MNEMONIC`, `SEED`, `WALLET`, `AWS`, capturing their values.\n- Collects host identifiers via `os.hostname()`, `os.userInfo()`, platform, and cwd.\n- POSTs the harvested content (chunked) to `https://api.telegram.org/bot\u003chardcoded-token\u003e/sendMessage` targeting attacker chat_id `892359416`.\n\nThis satisfies the attacker-benefit gate (bulk exfiltration of installer-owned SSH keys, wallet seeds, and credential env vars to an attacker-controlled Telegram channel) and auto-executes on default `npm install` via the `postinstall` lifecycle. The typosquat name targets developers intending to install MetaMask\u0027s SDK.\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-10028",
"modified": "2026-07-28T07:58:22Z",
"published": "2026-07-09T00:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk/v/1.1.5"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk/v/1.1.1"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk/v/1.0.0"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk/v/1.2.0"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk/v/1.1.4"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk/v/1.1.3"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wagni_bot/metemask-sdk/v/1.1.0"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://research.codelake.dev/advisories/clr-2026-3000-wagni-metemask-sdk"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in @wagni_bot/metemask-sdk (npm)"
}
Sightings
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