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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@wethenorth12/hd-key-generator/v/1.6.3"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@wethenorth12/hd-key-generator/v/1.6.3.md"
package: "@wethenorth12/hd-key-generator"
report_status: "published"
title: "@wethenorth12/hd-key-generator@1.6.3 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.6.3"
---

# @wethenorth12/hd-key-generator@1.6.3 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:** 1.6.3
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12095 confirms this npm version as malicious. @wethenorth12/hd-key-generator markets itself as a drop-in replacement for the popular \`hdkey\` wallet library. On require, index.js reads the full process.env plus hostname, username, homedir, platform, and cwd, JSON-encodes and base64-encodes the payload, and sends it as a Telegram sendMessage GET to a hardcoded bot token with chat\_id 8969499041 (api.telegram.org/bot\<redacted\>/sendMessage)...

## 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%

@wethenorth12/hd-key-generator markets itself as a drop-in replacement for the popular \`hdkey\` wallet library. On require, index.js reads the full process.env plus hostname, username, homedir, platform, and cwd, JSON-encodes and base64-encodes the payload, and sends it as a Telegram sendMessage GET to a hardcoded bot token with chat\_id 8969499041 (api.telegram.org/bot\<redacted\>/sendMessage). A tmp marker file is written to suppress repeated sends. Variable names in the file are obfuscated (ywek, icul, vwuh, \_h, \_flag) and the exfil body is base64-wrapped. The advertised wallet API (createWallet, signTransaction, generateMnemonic) returns non-functional stubs; the package's only real effect is credential harvesting. In developer and CI environments, process.env typically contains AWS\_\*, GITHUB\_TOKEN, NPM\_TOKEN, and other cloud/service credentials, all of which leave the installer's host to the attacker-controlled Telegram chat on first 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/hd-key-generator
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.6.3
- **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:** 1.6.3
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@wethenorth12/hd-key-generator/v/1.6.3>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12095>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wethenorth12/hd-key-generator/v/1.6.3>)