etherjs-utils
This report shows the evidence for etherjs-utils@1.0.39, the only known version.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-4239 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-4239
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in etherjs-utils (npm)
Details
package.json declares a postinstall script that performs an HTTPS GET to an ephemeral pinggy-free.link tunnel URL (rqnyz-2605-7280-7--2000-c51.run.pinggy-free.link/npm/-/binary/telemetry), concatenates the response body, and passes it directly to child_process.exec. This runs unattended during `npm install` and grants the URL operator arbitrary code execution on every installer's machine. The package's only library code (index.js) is a 156-byte stub re-exporting a thin wrapper around ethers' JsonRpcProvider; the package name 'etherjs-utils' lures users of the popular ethers.js library. The destination is a mutable, anonymous tunnel host with no relationship to any legitimate publisher, no version pinning, and no integrity check on the executed bytes.
## Source: ghsa-malware (880d641080f3f7bfe4bdafac6a23d8d1cb25a4ade472a219b5081ce72a6c3ed8) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
References
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to etherjs-utils@1.0.39.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing etherjs-utils@1.0.39. 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.
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