critical severityConfidence highHistorical record

Injective SDK wallet-key exfiltration

Direct answer

Injective SDK wallet-key exfiltration, also tracked as Injective SDK 1.20.21 compromise is a critical-severity threat campaign HOL Guard tracked from Jun 8, 2026 to Jul 9, 2026, verified against 1 primary source and last reviewed Sep 2, 2026. Active tracking has ended and the record remains published as a permanent historical research record.

Socket documented a compromised @injectivelabs/sdk-ts npm release that added fake telemetry behavior to sensitive key-derivation code and published related scoped packages pinned to the malicious version.

Also tracked as Injective SDK 1.20.21 compromise

First observed
Jun 8, 2026
Last observed
Jul 9, 2026
Last reviewed
Sep 2, 2026
Tracking ended
Sep 8, 2026

Uncertainty and limitations

Read the evidence limits before acting on this record.

The reviewed report states that the malicious release was quickly contained, but downloadable artifacts and downstream exposure can vary. HOL does not infer victim losses from package download statistics.

  • Any secret material processed by an affected library version must be handled according to the incident source guidance; Guard cannot retroactively revoke exposed keys.

Guard coverage and policy

What Guard's reviewed assertions do and do not claim for this campaign, and the reviewed starting points for defense.

Not covered, or partially covered

  • partial

    Install-time review can help on eligible package actions, but the reported malicious behavior executed during library use; Guard does not claim universal mediation of arbitrary application code.

  • Recipe available

    Require review or explicit approval for new or changed dependency installation before an eligible package-manager action executes.

    Coverage depends on the active Guard release, package manager, harness event surface, and local policy. It is not a guarantee that every dependency path is intercepted.

Safe next step. Campaign guidance is defensive context. It does not auto-apply policy or claim universal campaign coverage.

Timeline

Reviewed events, oldest first, each tied to a verified source.

  1. First observed

    Injective SDK wallet-key exfiltration was first observed in the reviewed source material.

    Source:Socket: compromised Injective SDK package

  2. Disclosure

    The reviewed source published or updated its defensive analysis and remediation guidance.

    Source:Socket: compromised Injective SDK package

Publication clock: 755.5 hours from reviewed disclosure timestamp to HOL publication; 12-hour critical target; historical backfill outside target.

Reviewed artifacts

The specific artifacts this record concerns, as reviewed. Names and versions are shown as text; a registry link is not recorded here.

  • @injectivelabs/sdk-ts@1.20.21npmpackage

Sources

Every claim on this record is traceable to the sources below.

Campaign questions, answered

Socket documented a compromised @injectivelabs/sdk-ts npm release that added fake telemetry behavior to sensitive key-derivation code and published related scoped packages pinned to the malicious version. HOL Guard tracked the campaign from Jun 8, 2026 to Jul 9, 2026.

No. Active tracking ended Sep 8, 2026; this page remains as a labeled historical research record and does not imply the threat is currently active.

The record cites 1 primary source, names 1 reviewed artifact, and was last fully reviewed Sep 2, 2026 by HOL Guard Research. Its uncertainty and limitations are stated on the record itself.

Campaign guidance is defensive context. It does not auto-apply policy or claim universal campaign coverage. The campaign-specific policy starting point is linked from the coverage section of this record.

The permalink above is permanent. The full record can be downloaded from this page as JSON, an artifact CSV, and a STIX 2.1 bundle, and corrections can be requested through the published correction path on the record. The reviewed report states that the malicious release was quickly contained, but downloadable artifacts and downstream exposure can vary. HOL does not infer victim losses from package download statistics.

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Record HGTC-2026-INJECTIVE26