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On execution the script recursively walks the installer's home directory, including Desktop, Documents, and Downloads, reads text files up to 2MB, and extracts values matching wallet and secret patterns: environment-style entries whose names contain KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASSWORD, SEED, MNEMONIC, or WALLET; 0x-prefixed 64-hex Ethereum private keys; Base58 WIF keys; 64-integer Solana key arrays; and BIP-39 mnemonic phrases validated against the BIP-39 word list and SHA-256 checksum. Collected material is uploaded to the attacker's Telegram bot via a sendDocument multipart request to api.telegram.org. No functionality corresponding to the package's stated dotenv-preflight purpose is present.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (48661f26d5e6181f87722c1e3c5bc997d1cc874999624c83504e0bec3029ff6c)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'dotenv-precheck' @ 1.1.1 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-09-29T14:09:20+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-01T06:00:04.4670659+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"dotenv-precheck","ranges":[],"versions":["1.1.1","1.0.0","1.1.0"],"rawVersionEvidence":null}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv-precheck/v/1.1.1","https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv-precheck/v/1.0.0","https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv-precheck/v/1.1.0"],"sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17304","license":"OSV · upstream source license applies","key":"osv:MAL-2026-17304","identifiers":["MAL-2026-17304"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[{"source":"cisa-kev:global","scope":"Complete CISA KEV catalog; all vendors. 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