---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mnemonic-utils"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mnemonic-utils/report.md"
package: "mnemonic-utils"
report_status: "published"
title: "mnemonic-utils@1.0.2 npm security report"
verdict: "malicious"
version: "1.0.2"
---

# mnemonic-utils@1.0.2 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Blocked by malware advisory** — OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12112 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:** 1.0.2
- **Selected version is latest:** Yes
- **Analysis source:** OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory (OpenSSF/OSV)

OpenSSF/OSV malware advisory MAL-2026-12112 identifies this version as malicious and supplies the Firewall block.

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-12112 confirms this npm version as malicious. index.js executes an IIFE at require-time that reads installer-owned secret files (.env,.npmrc, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.ssh/id\_rsa, id\_ed25519, id\_ecdsa, Solana id.json, Ethereum keystore) and recursively scans home dotdirectories for files matching /wallet|key|secret|seed|mnemonic|keystore|private/. The harvested contents are combined with os.hostname() and os.userInfo().username into a single JSON body and POSTed...

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** external-osv-malicious-v1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Malicious
- **Recorded analysis 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

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 mnemonic-utils@1.0.2.

The same advisory and Firewall decision cover these 3 recorded versions: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2.

- Avoid installing mnemonic-utils@1.0.2. 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%

index.js executes an IIFE at require-time that reads installer-owned secret files (.env,.npmrc, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.ssh/id\_rsa, id\_ed25519, id\_ecdsa, Solana id.json, Ethereum keystore) and recursively scans home dotdirectories for files matching /wallet|key|secret|seed|mnemonic|keystore|private/. The harvested contents are combined with os.hostname() and os.userInfo().username into a single JSON body and POSTed over HTTPS to a hardcoded webhook.site URL (path /5c5ad6cb-62df-4ea5-9dfb-2c447920ddc4). The payload is gated by a Date.UTC(2026,7,6) activation check, with in-source comments describing the delay as evasion of npm sandbox detection windows. The package name suggests a mnemonic utility, but the shipped code performs no such function — its only behavior is credential and wallet-secret exfiltration.

## 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:** mnemonic-utils
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Version published:** 2026-08-05T02:02:04.734Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-08-05T07:45:09.211Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-08-05T07:45:09.211Z
- **Known versions:** 3
- **Latest version:** 1.0.2
- **Appeal under review:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/mnemonic-utils>)
- [OpenSSF/OSV advisory](<https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-12112>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/mnemonic-utils/v/1.0.1>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/mnemonic-utils/v/1.0.2>)
- [PACKAGE](<https://www.npmjs.com/package/mnemonic-utils/v/1.0.0>)