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Malicious package

@drone-js-ext/vip-badgenpm

Advisory published Updated

@drone-js-ext/vip-badge is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-18277) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 99.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @drone-js-ext/vip-badge (npm)

MAL-2026-18277
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @drone-js-ext/vip-badge

What this malware does

The package is a zero-functionality stub whose main module (index.js) exports a Proxy returning no-op functions for any property access. Its only real behavior is a beacon implemented in beacon.cjs that collects installer host identifiers (os.hostname(), __dirname, process.cwd(), process.version, and related os/process fields) and POSTs them over plain HTTP to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://185.158.107.175:8787/_ah/dc. The beacon fires both from the postinstall lifecycle script (triggered automatically by npm install) and at require() time of the main entry. The destination is not a publisher-owned domain, is not configurable, and is not disclosed. The scoped name, implausibly high version (99.0.1), stub implementation, and install-time recon beacon are consistent with a dependency-confusion or typosquat probe harvesting internal installs.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
99.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

2f7afa65da63d3360d15659ebdcce5f5078fa7bd210e04c069f88834f0c1f75c

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @drone-js-ext/vip-badge (version 99.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @drone-js-ext/vip-badge 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 @drone-js-ext/vip-badge 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. @drone-js-ext/vip-badge on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 99.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-021705

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks @drone-js-ext/vip-badge-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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