npm · Malicious package advisory
Malwarewallet-adapter-base
MAL-2026-18459
Malicious code in wallet-adapter-base (npm)
Details
wallet-adapter-base takes the unscoped name of @solana/wallet-adapter-base and has no functional code. Its preinstall script runs `node preinstall.js` on npm install, which POSTs the machine's hostname, the OS username and the local time to the Discord webhook `https://canary.discord.com/api/webhooks/1566232728179843243/pM5rDIrCRrEpQRbA7ibaiQk1XOQlIftmBacA5s8jD8NvXn5W-rS832DOWHQS-G-j3N6U` as "PC Notifier". It was published by the npm account cutekitten05, which published axelarjs-sdk, cutekitten-test, bigbob22-test and sol-wallet-adapter with the same script on 2026-11-01. --- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: ghsa-malware (bde7babd223d526922c03a77b46c3cb5a7ee7e05027dd66e3f630520ad6c53ab) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Compromised versions (1)
- 1.0.0
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.