hardhat-contract

GHSA-j73f-h8m9-jq42

Malicious code in hardhat-contract (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 15.0.0`

## Source: ossf-package-analysis (3593917b9125465c1d3c5d6b38c62a9819d7590aea1522bdcf400ffef560a9b7)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hardhat-contract' @ 15.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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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-contract/MAL-2023-1565.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/05b419acdcdd6e02782971da765f32a22a1aed8e/osv/malicious/npm/hardhat-contract/MAL-2023-1565.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j73f-h8m9-jq42

Compromised versions (1)

= 15.0.0

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