Modified package published to npm, containing malware that exfiltrates private key material

Description

Earlier today, a publish-access account was compromised for @solana/web3.js, a JavaScript library that is commonly used by Solana dapps. This allowed an attacker to publish unauthorized and malicious packages that were modified, allowing them to steal private key material and drain funds from dapps, like bots, that handle private keys directly.

Recommendation

Update the @solana/web3.js package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): >= 1.95.6, < 1.95.8
• Patched version(s): 1.95.8

References

• GHSA-jcxm-7wvp-g6p5
• CVE-2024-54134
• CWE-200
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A1
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• tiny-secp256k1 vulnerable to private key extraction when signing a malicious JSON-stringifyable message in bundled envir - CVE-2024-49364
• secp256k1-node allows private key extraction over ECDH - CVE-2024-48930
• ReDoS vulnerability in vue package that is exploitable through inefficient regex evaluation in the parseHTML function - CVE-2024-9506
• Lobe Chat API Key Leak - CVE-2024-37895

Tags:

npm

@solana/web3.js