MAL-2026-11112

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MAL-2026-11112

Summary: Malicious code in @wagni_bot/metamask (npm)

Details: The npm package `@wagni_bot/metamask` is a supply-chain credential stealer disguised as a **MetaMask** SDK. It is one member of a coordinated campaign of 25 crypto/web3 typosquat packages published under the single npm scope `@wagni_bot` on 2026-07-09. Each package declares a `postinstall` lifecycle hook (`postinstall: node postinstall.js`) that executes automatically on `npm install`, before the package is ever imported. The script fingerprints the host and user (`os.hostname()`, `os.userInfo()`, `os.platform()`), walks the user's home directory (`readdirSync`/`readFileSync`) and reads high-value secrets — SSH private keys (`~/.ssh/id_rsa`), cryptocurrency wallet files, and `.env` files (API keys, tokens, seed phrases). It then JSON-encodes the collected data and exfiltrates it to a hardcoded Telegram bot via the Telegram Bot API `sendMessage` endpoint (https://api.telegram.org/bot8804087989:AAHUia-5DCloXsg9M9QhffTsHO5J_6FAxQM/sendMessage). All error paths are swallowed so the install appears normal. codelake Research proved the packages belong to one campaign deterministically: the payload file is byte-identical across all 25 packages at each published version (version-lockstep), and every package exfiltrates to the same Telegram bot token — a single automated actor. Detected and classified independently from the live npm feed on 2026-07-09; at the time of reporting the packages were still live on npm and none of the 25 were present in OSV or GHSA (a first-catch). Source: amazon-inspector (30b09786fc25e5db686973c5b16b91c3df9681867264c8f102022de9fa52a23d) Package @wagni_bot/[email protected] uses a scope and name that reference MetaMask, a widely-targeted crypto wallet brand, but no static or traced-code evidence of installer-side harm (credential theft, exfiltration, dropper, backdoor, silent-relay) is available from this analysis. The package contains only 3 files and no findings fired, so intent cannot be confirmed. Name-based confusion with the MetaMask project is a subjective signal warranting human review rather than automated blocking.

References: https://research.codelake.dev/advisories/clr-2026-3001-wagni-metamask, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@wagni_bot/metamask/v/1.0.0