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Malicious package

etherjs-utilsnpm

Advisory published Updated

etherjs-utils is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-4239) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.39). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in etherjs-utils (npm)

MAL-2026-4239
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall etherjs-utils

What this malware does

package.json declares a postinstall script that performs an HTTPS GET to an ephemeral pinggy-free.link tunnel URL (rqnyz-2605-7280-7--2000-c51.run.pinggy-free.link/npm/-/binary/telemetry), concatenates the response body, and passes it directly to child_process.exec. This runs unattended during npm install and grants the URL operator arbitrary code execution on every installer's machine. The package's only library code (index.js) is a 156-byte stub re-exporting a thin wrapper around ethers' JsonRpcProvider; the package name 'etherjs-utils' lures users of the popular ethers.js library. The destination is a mutable, anonymous tunnel host with no relationship to any legitimate publisher, no version pinning, and no integrity check on the executed bytes.

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

1 flagged
1.0.39

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

880d641080f3f7bfe4bdafac6a23d8d1cb25a4ade472a219b5081ce72a6c3ed8
335b4f699510e2bb1171a9137655f6977d5554f508e612eab97b4239c1249be1

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for etherjs-utils (version 1.0.39).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove etherjs-utils from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If etherjs-utils 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. etherjs-utils on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.39 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-3c7w-4xp2-7963IN-MAL-2026-003325

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks etherjs-utils-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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