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: kam193 (a94a9bbd6a292f754fedd6ae737eaf5259925cf382a610c9d63e9d210a3f3677)
When running as a module, the package starts a VSCode tunnel and exfiltrates the connection link to the hardcoded target. This lets the attacker connect the VSCode instance online and gain remote access to the machine as the user running the code.
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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.
Campaign: 2026-04-old-mypypipkg
Reasons (based on the campaign):
- vscode-tunnel