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package: "@wethenorth12/tronweb3"
report_status: "published"
title: "@wethenorth12/tronweb3@5.3.2 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "5.3.2"
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# @wethenorth12/tronweb3@5.3.2 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12105 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Product-default install policy:** Block
- **Firewall policy:** Trusted malware advisory block
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** Malware
- **Selected version:** 5.3.2
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12105 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12105 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package presents itself as a drop-in replacement for the legitimate tronweb SDK (author field 'tronprotocol', README advertising tronweb compatibility) but is published under an unrelated scope. On require of the main module (index.js), the code collects process.env, os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, os.homedir(), platform, and cwd, base64-encodes the payload, and issues an HTTPS GET to a hardcoded Telegram...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis 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

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

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

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @wethenorth12/tronweb3@5.3.2.

- Avoid installing @wethenorth12/tronweb3@5.3.2. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

## Public findings

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

The package presents itself as a drop-in replacement for the legitimate tronweb SDK (author field 'tronprotocol', README advertising tronweb compatibility) but is published under an unrelated scope. On require of the main module (index.js), the code collects process.env, os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, os.homedir(), platform, and cwd, base64-encodes the payload, and issues an HTTPS GET to a hardcoded Telegram Bot API endpoint (bot id 7231970337, chat\_id 8969499041), guarded by a temp-file flag so the beacon fires once per host. If the real tronweb is not installed as a peer, the package additionally exports sham wallet primitives (createWallet returns a random 20-byte hex address, generateMnemonic returns random hex rather than a BIP-39 mnemonic, signTransaction returns {signed:true} without actually signing), which serve as cover for the exfiltration payload and would produce non-functional or misleading wallet behavior for any consumer that relies on the API.

## 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/tronweb3
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 5.3.2
- **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:** 5.3.2
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@wethenorth12/tronweb3>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12105>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wethenorth12/tronweb3/v/5.3.2>)