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Malicious MAL-2026-5992 GHSA-65h4-xcqj-p428

runtime-metrics-w7k2

npm package · versions 1.0.0

Reported Jun 17, 2026 · Updated Jun 18, 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 (9c2062a3f2564ced7261d9b8be8a49e11117bd74ffe3e92aad6029c471921e2d)
Package declares a postinstall hook (`"postinstall": "node run.js"`) that fires automatically on `npm install`. The tarball ships beacon scripts (`beacon18.js`, `beacon_linux.js`) that import `child_process`, `os`, and `http`, read host identifiers via `os.hostname()` / `os.platform()`, and issue outbound HTTP `GET`/`POST` requests carrying that data. The combination — automatic install-time execution, host enumeration, child_process reachability, and unsolicited outbound HTTP from an unknown low-reputation package named with a random suffix — matches a host-beacon / exfiltration shape with no legitimate library purpose. Installing this package on a developer or CI machine causes immediate disclosure of host metadata to an external endpoint and provides the publisher a foothold for follow-on commands.

Source: ghsa-malware (fd59b3ac5ad6ac2e38eec2f730d1a001953a3f342e47a28c96128fe814006877)
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.