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Malicious package

@alaan/s2s-authnpm

Advisory published Updated

@alaan/s2s-auth is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2025-190651) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.0.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @alaan/s2s-auth (npm)

MAL-2025-190651
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @alaan/s2s-auth

What this malware does

The package @alaan/s2s-auth was found to contain malicious code.

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.

This package was compromised by the Sha1-Hulud: The Second Coming NPM worm. The malicious payload steals tokens and credentials and publishes them to GitHub. The worm will propogate itself to NPM packages the user owns and establish persistence is a GitHub action. The package may also destroy the user's home directory.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
2.0.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

f48811a0a401773ab205d7ce2a4ce4d1890a0ed23b75a75cd45e5140c702c998
e50bdec2a61138175bbd86f2b001903eb76400352b9bef5e55afcd6610fbbafa
7624bcb3428b983bc6cdbd1b5b319130b842ac4190248cfaa6c71c102a5f10d8
7ae077d45ba64b1294c802119073b8bf5e6b93750dd6f15c4b7e2cac89c5da8a

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @alaan/s2s-auth (version 2.0.3).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @alaan/s2s-auth is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @alaan/s2s-auth was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. @alaan/s2s-auth on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.0.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-236w-wpxw-gpx8

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks @alaan/s2s-auth-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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@alaan/s2s-auth (npm) malicious package — MAL-2025-190651 | O3 Security