Which versions of @catamania/front-components are malicious?

The following npm versions of @catamania/front-components are flagged malicious: 1.0.5. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate @catamania/front-components if I installed it?

@catamania/front-components 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.

I already installed @catamania/front-components — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If @catamania/front-components was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

Is @catamania/front-components part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — @catamania/front-components is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-017120 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find @catamania/front-components across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @catamania/front-components (version 1.0.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @catamania/front-components across your stack and pipelines.

Malicious package

@catamania/front-componentsnpm

@catamania/front-components is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13620) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @catamania/front-components (npm)

MAL-2026-13620

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall @catamania/front-components

What this malware does

The package's postinstall.js runs automatically on npm install and collects host reconnaissance data — os.hostname(), os.userInfo() username, process.cwd(), and the list of environment variable names from process.env — then POSTs the JSON payload via https.request to a hardcoded webhook.site capture URL (webhook.site/4b333dc6-9783-4f6b-82fa-db9795caa938). Environment variable values are masked but key names and host identifiers still leave the installer's machine on every install. The package's index.js contains only a trivial 5-line Vue button component, which does not correspond to the install-time beaconing behavior; the shape is consistent with a scoped dependency-confusion or reconnaissance probe measuring which internal build hosts resolve the @catamania scope to the public registry.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

49b66b93df02350bdf848ac2cff8c6a563ac36c1828480891381875453be67f5

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @catamania/front-components (version 1.0.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @catamania/front-components across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
@catamania/front-components 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.
Did it already run?
If @catamania/front-components was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks @catamania/front-components before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. @catamania/front-components on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-017120

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks @catamania/front-components-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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