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 (cecefbb2ee777ab552f12fef0eab9af65f0a6c79f8a75a90f3df495a6746ec4a)
On `npm install`, the package's `postinstall` hook executes `recon.js`, which harvests installer-side data and POSTs it to attacker-controlled endpoints. Specifically, recon.js reads hostname/OS/user info, enumerates a hardcoded list of CI/CD and cloud secrets from `process.env` (including AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, NPM_TOKEN, NPM_AUTH_TOKEN, GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN, CI_JOB_TOKEN, SSH_PRIVATE_KEY, DOCKER_PASSWORD, MNEMONIC, PRIVATE_KEY, etc.), and bulk-reads `.env` / `.env.production` files in the repo as well as `/root/.env` and `/app/.env`, filtering lines matching `KEY|SECRET|TOKEN|PASS|PRIVATE|MNEMONIC`. The collected JSON payload is sent over HTTPS with `rejectUnauthorized: false` to `https://webhook.site/d6d18927-e513-4df7-b019-58bfc64fe0dd` and `https://enqoojbegdvxj.x.pipedream.net/`. The package is published at version `99.99.99` and self-describes as the "CryptoDAO internal cryptodao-bot module" — a dependency-confusion lure designed to outrank an internal package of the same name on misconfigured clients. Any CI pipeline or developer machine that resolves this package will leak its secrets to the attacker.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (a4969627a50559890d4c7c49f0f7bc687bd89f03124afb633030ab3247c1ff5c)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cryptodao-bot' @ 99.99.99 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.