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Malware

ethers-6

GHSA-j9vv-9522-jrgh

Malicious code in ethers-6 (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 6.13.4`

The package contains additional code to exfiltrate user private keys to an attack-controlled server.

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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-6/MAL-2024-9421.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/71b5ccd62809b0f6e173eff59b5900130cf7fc02/osv/malicious/npm/ethers-6/MAL-2024-9421.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j9vv-9522-jrgh

Compromised versions (1)

  • = 6.13.4

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