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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@wethenorth12/tronweb3/v/5.3.2"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@wethenorth12/tronweb3/v/5.3.2.md"
package: "@wethenorth12/tronweb3"
report_status: "published"
title: "@wethenorth12/tronweb3@5.3.2 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "5.3.2"
---

# @wethenorth12/tronweb3@5.3.2 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:** 5.3.2
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

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
- **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%

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/v/5.3.2>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12105>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wethenorth12/tronweb3/v/5.3.2>)