---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ethers-lib/v/1.0.3"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ethers-lib/v/1.0.3.md"
package: "ethers-lib"
report_status: "published"
title: "ethers-lib@1.0.3 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.3"
---

# ethers-lib@1.0.3 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:** 1.0.3
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12111 confirms this npm version as malicious. ethers-lib@1.0.4 impersonates the ethers.js ecosystem (name 'ethers-lib', description 'Essential crypto utility library', wildcard dependency on 'ethers') but exports nothing (module.exports = {}). On require(), index.js runs an IIFE that, after a hardcoded activation date (Aug 6 2026 UTC), reads installer-owned secret files including.env,.npmrc, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.ssh/id\_rsa, ~/.ssh/id\_ed25519, ~/.ssh/id\_ecdsa,...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Verdict:** Malicious
- **Confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-08-05T07:45:09.211Z
- **Finished:** 2026-08-05T07:45:09.211Z
- **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%

ethers-lib@1.0.4 impersonates the ethers.js ecosystem (name 'ethers-lib', description 'Essential crypto utility library', wildcard dependency on 'ethers') but exports nothing (module.exports = {}). On require(), index.js runs an IIFE that, after a hardcoded activation date (Aug 6 2026 UTC), reads installer-owned secret files including.env,.npmrc, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.ssh/id\_rsa, ~/.ssh/id\_ed25519, ~/.ssh/id\_ecdsa, ~/.config/solana/id.json, and ~/.ethereum/keystore, and scans dotfolders for files matching wallet/key/secret/seed/mnemonic/keystore/private. Collected file contents are packaged together with os.hostname() and os.userInfo().username into a JSON body and POSTed over HTTPS to a hardcoded webhook.site endpoint (path /5c5ad6cb-62df-4ea5-9dfb-2c447920ddc4) — a third-party destination the installer did not configure. The date gate delays activation to evade sandbox detonation; the package has no legitimate functionality.

## 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:** ethers-lib
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.3
- **Version published:** 2026-08-05T01:51:45.603Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T07:45:09.211Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T11:09:37.562Z
- **Known versions:** 5
- **Latest version:** 1.0.4
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/ethers-lib/v/1.0.3>)
- [OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12111>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethers-lib/v/1.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethers-lib/v/1.0.4>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethers-lib/v/1.0.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethers-lib/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/ethers-lib/v/1.0.3>)