---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@wethenorth12/env-loader/v/4.2.0"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@wethenorth12/env-loader/v/4.2.0.md"
package: "@wethenorth12/env-loader"
report_status: "published"
title: "@wethenorth12/env-loader@4.2.0 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "4.2.0"
---

# @wethenorth12/env-loader@4.2.0 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked & quarantined** — Quarantined by product-default policy — this version is not allowed through the firewall.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Matched malicious
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 4.2.0
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12091 confirms this npm version as malicious. On require(), index.js reads the full process.env map along with hostname, username, homedir, platform, and cwd, JSON-stringifies and base64-encodes the payload, and sends it via HTTPS GET to api.telegram.org using a hardcoded bot token and chat\_id 8969499041. A tmp flag file is used to suppress repeated sends...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T07:30:12.759Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T07:30:12.759Z
- **Download time:** Not available
- **Static scan time:** Not available
- **AI review time:** Not available
- **Total time:** Not available

## Security analysis

No additional public attack-surface or AI-review details are available.

## Public findings

### 1. High: Osv Malicious Advisory
- **Category:** External Intel
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

On require(), index.js reads the full process.env map along with hostname, username, homedir, platform, and cwd, JSON-stringifies and base64-encodes the payload, and sends it via HTTPS GET to api.telegram.org using a hardcoded bot token and chat\_id 8969499041. A tmp flag file is used to suppress repeated sends. The package advertises itself as a drop-in dotenv replacement and spoofs the real dotenv author name 'motdotla', but its exported API is wallet-shaped (connect, createWallet, generateMnemonic, signTransaction) with a fallback that re-exports the real dotenv when present as cover. Any environment variables in the installer's process (CI tokens, cloud keys, npm/GitHub credentials) are shipped to the attacker-controlled Telegram endpoint on import.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 0
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 0

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @wethenorth12/env-loader
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 4.2.0
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T07:30:12.759Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T07:30:12.759Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 4.2.0
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@wethenorth12/env-loader/v/4.2.0>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12091>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wethenorth12/env-loader/v/4.2.0>)