solidity-locknpm
solidity-lock is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17302) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 2.21.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in solidity-lock (npm)
What this malware does
The package's declared main index.js is a trivial no-op Express middleware whose only real effect is to require('./lib/config'), a ~4 MB obfuscator.io-style bundle (rotating string array, hex-escaped entries, self-executing IIFE) that runs at import time. Package identity does not match the shipped code: package.json name is 'solidity-lock' with a vulnerability-management description, keywords advertise a logger ('fast','logger','stream','json'), scripts are 'smoke:pino'/'smoke:file', the README is a copy of pino's README with the name changed, and index.d.ts references pinojs/pino — three inconsistent cover stories layered over the opaque payload. axios ^1.10.0 is declared as a dependency but is not referenced anywhere in the plain-text sources; the only plausible consumer is the obfuscated blob, consistent with outbound HTTP from the hidden payload. Any process that requires this package executes the obfuscated bundle in-process with full host privileges.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for solidity-lock (version 2.21.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging solidity-lock across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove solidity-lock 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.
Did it already run?
If solidity-lock was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks solidity-lock before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks solidity-lock-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.