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Malicious package

eth-bridgenpm

Advisory published Updated

eth-bridge is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11461) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in eth-bridge (npm)

MAL-2026-11461
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall eth-bridge

What this malware does

The package presents itself as an Ethereum bridge library but its index.js is a verbatim copy of the well-known eth-sig-util signature utility (retaining internal error strings such as "eth-sig-util.normalize() requires hex string or integer input." and attributing authorship to Dan Finlay) with an additional ~47KB obfuscated payload appended at module top level. The payload is invoked immediately via a Function("BdyPFg", "...") constructor call using a custom PRNG-driven string decoder and numeric dispatch table, meaning arbitrary attacker-controlled code executes on every require('eth-bridge'). The name/description/author mismatch combined with an opaque import-time dynamic-code-execution payload is the typosquat-with-loader shape; the legitimate eth-sig-util code serves as cover for the loader.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Malicious versions

2 flagged
1.0.01.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

92412016c9d8c246f1f14cbe2b5efbba127ebdc30014f874baf5521f115663cf
8d7fbf15a08eb3568d462e06fa345cfdb59afe88bf38b63e47ecea29ea92c009
b1a84a21abd044ce5a70a074c7deb0e75e5f9708790742b670ab7aaf4cba230b

Detection & response playbook

Typosquat
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for eth-bridge (2 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    eth-bridge is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove eth-bridge, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.

  3. Did it already run?

    If eth-bridge was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. eth-bridge on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-5hj6-99cc-g84qIN-MAL-2026-011151IN-MAL-2026-013283

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks eth-bridge-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

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eth-bridge (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-11461 | O3 Security