OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6342 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package's name 'therdweb' is a one-character variation of the popular 'thirdweb' SDK, while its contents (README, source code, author field 'Michael Mclaughlin', repository URL pointing at MikeMcl/big.js, version banner '7.0.1') are copied verbatim from the unrelated big.js library — the publisher is not the original author of either project. Both shipped entrypoints, big.js and big.mjs, contain an injected...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in therdweb (npm)
Details
The package's name 'therdweb' is a one-character variation of the popular 'thirdweb' SDK, while its contents (README, source code, author field 'Michael Mclaughlin', repository URL pointing at MikeMcl/big.js, version banner '7.0.1') are copied verbatim from the unrelated big.js library — the publisher is not the original author of either project. Both shipped entrypoints, big.js and big.mjs, contain an injected try/catch block that performs `require("parket-slot")` and immediately invokes `doc.from_str()` on it at module load, with the catch block left empty to swallow errors. `parket-slot` is not listed in `package.json` dependencies and is not mentioned in the README (which falsely claims 'No dependencies'); package.json additionally declares an undocumented dependency `log-taker@^0.0.9`. Any consumer that imports or requires this package will execute code from these external, undeclared/hidden modules controlled by the same actor, while the README hides their existence. This is the loader half of a multi-package install-graph dropper paired with name-confusion against thirdweb and identity impersonation of big.js.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms therdweb@0.0.8 as malicious (MAL-2026-6342): Malicious code in therdweb (npm)