Newly-introduced runtime execution surface (eval / shell / network) on a package published inside a coordinated burst of uninspectable ballooned bundles by the same maintainer account - stage-1 dropper precursor, failing closed
- Burst publisher with new account
- Manifest version doesn't match any embedded version constant in the bundle — bundle may not have been rebuilt from the published manifest; review release pipeline and corroborating signals
Burst publisher with new account
- A dist-tag (e.g. latest) was moved to this version while it was less than 1 hour old — publish-side compromise indicator
A dist-tag (e.g. latest) was moved to this version while it was less than 1 hour old — publish-side compromise indicator
- Sensitive file access with network egress — credential exfiltration pattern
Burst publisher with new account
Payload delivery from suspicious source: IOC URL + execution capability
- Bulk env-var sweep + shell exec at runtime — credential-stealer
- Bulk env-var sweep (cap-bulk-env-access reads ALL of process.env) + outbound network — credential-stealer
- Install hook spawns dynamic / forked-detached shell — dropper attribution
- Install hook sends traffic to flagged target (raw IP / paste site / tunnel) — dropper
- Raw socket usage paired with credential reads — possible TCP exfil bypass
- Install hook writes to system paths (/etc/, /usr/, etc.) — review for persistence
- Manifest version doesn't match any embedded version constant in the bundle — bundle may not have been rebuilt from the published manifest; review release pipeline and corroborating signals
- Install hook + credential reads + network to suspicious target (raw IP / paste site / tunnel) — credential stealer; not a legitimate cloud SDK
- Dynamic eval + network + shell exec — dropper trio (arbitrary code execution, exfiltration channel, OS access)
- Install hook + shell exec + network — dropper shape (scopes may be install or runtime; install hook can transitively reach runtime caps via the postinstall entrypoint)
- Install hook + credential-file reads + network — credential stealer shape (scopes may be install or runtime; install hook can transitively reach runtime caps)
- Sensitive file access with network egress — credential exfiltration pattern
- Install hook writes to user-home dotfiles (~/.bashrc, ~/.ssh/, ~/.local/bin/) — auto-installing persistence
- Dynamic code evaluation with network access — potential code injection or exfiltration
Payload delivery from suspicious source: IOC URL + execution capability
- Bulk env-var sweep + shell exec at runtime — credential-stealer
- Bulk env-var sweep (cap-bulk-env-access reads ALL of process.env) + outbound network — credential-stealer
Manifest version doesn't match any embedded version constant in the bundle — bundle may not have been rebuilt from the published manifest; review release pipeline and corroborating signals
- Dynamic code evaluation with network access — potential code injection or exfiltration
Payload delivery from suspicious source: IOC URL + execution capability
Payload delivery from suspicious source: IOC URL + execution capability
- Dynamic / forked-detached shell paired with code obfuscation — runtime dropper attribution (no install hook required)
- Bulk env-var sweep + shell exec at runtime — credential-stealer
- Bulk env-var sweep (cap-bulk-env-access reads ALL of process.env) + outbound network — credential-stealer
- Cloud SDK import + env access + outbound network — capability acquisition + exercise
- Dynamic eval + network + shell exec — dropper trio (arbitrary code execution, exfiltration channel, OS access)
- Dynamic code evaluation with network access — potential code injection or exfiltration
Payload delivery from suspicious source: IOC URL + execution capability
Package name too similar to npm (14.4M weekly downloads)
- A dist-tag (e.g. latest) was moved to this version while it was less than 1 hour old — publish-side compromise indicator
- Manifest version doesn't match any embedded version constant in the bundle — bundle may not have been rebuilt from the published manifest; review release pipeline and corroborating signals
- Dynamic eval + network access BOTH appeared in this version — hijack shape (payload-introduction signature; neither cap was present in the trust-anchor baseline)
- Dynamic code evaluation with network access — potential code injection or exfiltration
Behavioral change: new process control without corroborating signals
Dynamic / forked-detached shell paired with code obfuscation — runtime dropper attribution (no install hook required)
Suspicious install-time execution: 2+ suspicious signals during install
- CLI bin entry points at the same file as a lifecycle script (preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare) — [email protected] dual-trigger
Payload delivery from suspicious source: IOC URL + execution capability
- Dynamic / forked-detached shell paired with code obfuscation — runtime dropper attribution (no install hook required)
- Obfuscated shell execution — concealment pattern
Payload delivery from suspicious source: IOC URL + execution capability
- Bulk env-var sweep + shell exec at runtime — credential-stealer
- Bulk env-var sweep (cap-bulk-env-access reads ALL of process.env) + outbound network — credential-stealer
- Sensitive file access with network egress — credential exfiltration pattern
Install hook spawns dynamic / forked-detached shell — dropper attribution