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Security checkSeptember 15, 2025

MetaMask SDK indirectly exposed via malicious [email protected] dependency - @metamask/sdk

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Medium severitynpm@metamask/sdk

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Description

This advisory only applies to developers who use MetaMask SDK in the browser and who, on Sept 8th 2025 between 13:00–15:30 UTC, performed one of the following actions and then deployed their application:

  • Installed MetaMask SDK into a project with a lockfile for the first time
  • Installed MetaMask SDK in a project without a lockfile
  • Updated a lo

Recommendation

Update the @metamask/sdk package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): >= 0.16.0, <= 0.33.0
  • Patched version(s): 0.33.1

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