hardhat-base

MAL-2026-16348

npmmalware9/21/2026

Description

Malicious code in hardhat-base (npm)

Indicators of Compromise

SHA256 Hashes (2)

a65f09d6bfd4d7c28183a13e64a9eb5e989fa7b24fbf92c049a044accefe4950

bcf412ff9e25a300b1f5efafc3c0a2b3c2eaf3abdbe3bba09d9c7b7b21149b26

References (2)

https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-base/v/2.2.2ossf/malicious-packages https://www.npmjs.com/package/hardhat-base/v/2.2.0ossf/malicious-packages

Details

Ecosystemnpm

Attack Typemalware

Published9/21/2026

Affected Versions

2.2.22.2.0

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