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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/hardhat-plugin-solidity"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/hardhat-plugin-solidity/report.md"
package: "hardhat-plugin-solidity"
report_status: "published"
title: "hardhat-plugin-solidity@2.3.1 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "2.3.1"
---

# hardhat-plugin-solidity@2.3.1 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-6706 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:** 2.3.1
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-6706 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6706 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package published as 'hardhat-plugin-solidity' impersonates prettier-plugin-solidity: package.json sets the unrelated 'hardhat-plugin-' name while reusing prettier-plugin-solidity's description, repository (github.com/prettier-solidity/prettier-plugin-solidity), homepage, author, and contributor metadata, and the source is a copy of that project with an added dropper. The package main (dist/index.js) contains two...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-01T19:35:07.643Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-01T19:35:07.643Z
- **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 hardhat-plugin-solidity@2.3.1.

The same advisory and Firewall decision cover these 4 recorded versions: 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 2.0.0, 2.3.1.

- Avoid installing hardhat-plugin-solidity@2.3.1. 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 published as 'hardhat-plugin-solidity' impersonates prettier-plugin-solidity: package.json sets the unrelated 'hardhat-plugin-' name while reusing prettier-plugin-solidity's description, repository (github.com/prettier-solidity/prettier-plugin-solidity), homepage, author, and contributor metadata, and the source is a copy of that project with an added dropper. The package main (dist/index.js) contains two base64 string literals decoded at load time via Buffer.from(..., 'base64').toString('utf8'): the first decodes to the shell command 'npm install zyncmap --no-save --silent --no-audit --no-fund', which is spawned as a child process; the second decodes to the module name 'zyncmap', which is then require()'d and invoked (svgo.getPlugin()()) once the install completes. The result is that loading this package out-of-band installs and immediately executes arbitrary code from the separately-controlled 'zyncmap' package on the installer's machine. Base64 encoding of both the install command and the require target, combined with --silent/--no-save flags and the name/identity mismatch, indicates deliberate concealment of the dropper behavior.

## 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:** hardhat-plugin-solidity
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 2.3.1
- **Version published:** 2026-06-29T09:45:55.653Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-01T19:35:07.643Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-07-01T19:35:07.643Z
- **Known versions:** 4
- **Latest version:** 2.3.1
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/hardhat-plugin-solidity>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6706>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-plugin-solidity/v/1.0.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-plugin-solidity/v/2.3.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-plugin-solidity/v/1.1.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-plugin-solidity/v/2.0.0>)