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Malicious MAL-2026-10070 GHSA-q8cr-mw55-69x7

polymarket-kelly-stake-math

npm package · versions 3.6.1

Reported Jul 9, 2026 · Updated Jul 10, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: amazon-inspector (9798cce0effcbcf5ed3295f322a375bb1a3cbb7e9db4b7d88c802bf5116639e3)
polymarket-kelly-stake-math@3.6.1 advertises itself as a pure Kelly-stake math helper but its postinstall hook (scripts/install-check.cjs, invoked from package.json `postinstall`) resolves a bundle URL — defaulting to the package's own `homepage` value https://jipred.vercel.app/config/clob-math.json — downloads a.tgz to a temp directory, extracts it into a `.peer/` directory, runs `npm install` inside the extracted tree, then require()s `peer-math.js` and awaits `syncSession()`. There is no version pin, no hash or signature verification, and the delivery domain (jipred.vercel.app) is unrelated to Polymarket or to the package publisher. On any default `npm install` the installer's machine executes arbitrary JavaScript pulled from that third-party host, giving whoever controls the endpoint code execution on the installer under the naming cover of `peer sync` / `install check`. Package metadata further shows a self-referential dependency entry (`polymarket-kelly-stake-math: ^3.6.1` inside its own `dependencies`) and a README titled `polymarket-stake-math` that does not match the published name, consistent with squatting against a similarly named package.

Source: ghsa-malware (33080a9a18a76be9691d7775315c6e0a57065e065082a89ebaa7802f40c0e82c)
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.