hardhat-node

GHSA-g358-q6hq-cv62

Malicious code in hardhat-node (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.2`

## Source: amazon-inspector (64850c9938e9fa6cb3e89f001306cc9906dd810b24573bd990d1cafc92893df2)
The package hardhat-node was found to contain malicious code.

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (a47921f267fec35185f49a67bf28e418adc30a38a6ad5dac536ddf1f1fd2abc7)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hardhat-node' @ 1.0.2 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/05b419acdcdd6e02782971da765f32a22a1aed8e/osv/malicious/npm/hardhat-node/MAL-2026-1053.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/05b419acdcdd6e02782971da765f32a22a1aed8e/osv/malicious/npm/hardhat-node/MAL-2026-1053.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g358-q6hq-cv62

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.0.2

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