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Malicious MAL-2026-6924 GHSA-9jx5-jcp6-qmqq

solana-address-codec

npm package · versions 1.0.1, 1.0.0, 1.0.5, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.2

Reported Jul 7, 2026 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: amazon-inspector (8e1008cff7bb82464ce9ade3ae5c353e929b7367800b404a038baa8a026c69ae)
The package name resembles utilities in the Solana ecosystem (e.g., @solana/addresses and address codec helpers), which is a common target for typosquat and confusion attacks against crypto tooling. No file-level behavioral evidence was produced for this version, so malicious intent cannot be confirmed or ruled out from the available signals. Given the crypto-adjacent naming and the absence of behavioral evidence, human review is appropriate before allowing installers to consume this package.

Source: ghsa-malware (d0da02ad73e46c13e48f34ef7449ff27d9d3beeeb28d6c2b905e30ee3fd810d1)
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.