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Malicious MAL-2026-18611

inadequate_earwig_magenta-66

npm package · versions 3.4.3

Reported Nov 2, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 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

Part of a self-republishing campaign: generated names of the form <adjective>_<animal>_<colour>-<number>, each package shipping the same autopublish.js, which runs `npm publish --access public` to publish the package again. Self-replicating publication is the propagation step of a registry worm and fills the registry with copies. Version examined: 3.4.3; tarball SHA-256 cdf7bcc56962d977f34fdb72789ce2b6aaac0020f0debb9ce4d55de8257ac352.