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Malicious MAL-2026-13478

@cats-cdf/authentication

npm package · versions 3.1.1, 2.17.1

Reported Aug 6, 2026 · Updated Aug 7, 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 (404569337a1e5fc46fff2584e052d2f9f99c3cb8d04e5fb3b5c5d633c178e01c)
The package's preinstall lifecycle script runs on npm install and collects the installer's local username (whoami), hostname, and public IP address (fetched via ifconfig.me), then transmits them as query-string parameters in an HTTP GET request to a hardcoded subdomain of oast.fun (kwphewvexhjbtfduscqybx6q7c862eh0g.oast.fun). oast.fun is an out-of-band interaction/callback service commonly used for reconnaissance and exfiltration in dependency-confusion attacks. The behavior fires automatically on default install with no relation to any documented package purpose.