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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine/report.md"
package: "@zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine"
report_status: "published"
title: "@zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine@16.0.5 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "16.0.5"
---

# @zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine@16.0.5 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-11994 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:** 16.0.5
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-11994 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-11994 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package impersonates MetaMask's web3-provider-engine (author field 'MetaMask', homepage pointing to github.com/MetaMask/web3-provider-engine) while shipping a postinstall.js that runs automatically on npm install and harvests installer secrets. postinstall.js reads ~/.ssh contents, ~/.npmrc, ~/.gitconfig, Chrome/Firefox profile databases (Cookies, Login Data, key4.db), enumerates crypto wallet directories...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T00:30:17.418Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T00:30:17.418Z
- **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 @zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine@16.0.5.

- Avoid installing @zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine@16.0.5. 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%

Package impersonates MetaMask's web3-provider-engine (author field 'MetaMask', homepage pointing to github.com/MetaMask/web3-provider-engine) while shipping a postinstall.js that runs automatically on npm install and harvests installer secrets. postinstall.js reads ~/.ssh contents, ~/.npmrc, ~/.gitconfig, Chrome/Firefox profile databases (Cookies, Login Data, key4.db), enumerates crypto wallet directories (.bitcoin,.ethereum,.metamask,.exodus, and others), invokes npm whoami and git config, and captures roughly 30 credential-shaped environment variables including NPM\_TOKEN, GITHUB\_TOKEN, AWS keys, PRIVATE\_KEY, MNEMONIC, SEED\_PHRASE, and multiple chain-specific \*\_PRIVATE\_KEY values. The collected data is JSON-serialized and transmitted to two hardcoded non-first-party destinations: api.telegram.org/bot\<token\>/sendMessage via GET with a hardcoded bot token and chat\_id, and https://40f955f39128bd79-178-249-214-24.serveousercontent.com/collect via POST. index.js provides a stub web3 API surface (createWallet, generateMnemonic returning random bytes) to appear functional and disguise the harvest.

## 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:** @zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 16.0.5
- **Version published:** Not available
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T00:30:17.418Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T00:30:17.418Z
- **Known versions:** 1
- **Latest version:** 16.0.5
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-11994>)
- [OpenSSF JSON](<https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine/MAL-2026-11994.json>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/@zzzgenesis00/web3-provider-engine/v/16.0.5>)