ethers-providerz

GHSA-2xrm-xmqq-r499

Malicious code in ethers-providerz (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.16.0`

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/71b5ccd62809b0f6e173eff59b5900130cf7fc02/osv/malicious/npm/ethers-providerz/MAL-2025-2876.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/71b5ccd62809b0f6e173eff59b5900130cf7fc02/osv/malicious/npm/ethers-providerz/MAL-2025-2876.json
- https://www.reversinglabs.com/blog/malicious-npm-patch-delivers-reverse-shell
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2xrm-xmqq-r499

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.16.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.