@epsteinlovekids483/crossmint-wallets-sdk-pentestnpm
Advisory published Updated
@epsteinlovekids483/crossmint-wallets-sdk-pentest is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6522) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.0-pentest, 1.0.1-pentest, 1.0.2-pentest…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @epsteinlovekids483/crossmint-wallets-sdk-pentest (npm)
What this malware does
Package's main entry (dist/index.cjs) unconditionally requires dist/shai-hulud.js at module load. On require(), the code harvests installer secrets — filtered process.env keys matching TOKEN/KEY/SECRET/PASS/SEED/MNEMONIC/WALLET/PRIVATE/CREDENTIAL/AWS/AZURE/GCP/STRIPE/SLACK/TWILIO/NPM/GITHUB, the output of gh auth token invoked via child_process.execSync, ~/.npmrc, ~/.aws/credentials, ~/.ssh/* private keys, and ~/.config/solana/id.json. The collected data is JSON-stringified, base64-encoded, and POSTed (HTTPS with TLS validation disabled, HTTP fallback) to a hardcoded endpoint at 127.0.0.1:8052/exfil that the source comments label as 'C2'. The package is published under @epsteinlovekids483/crossmint-wallets-sdk-pentest, declares the legitimate Crossmint repository and the 'Paella Labs Inc' author, and ships a copied Crossmint Wallets SDK README, while internal comments state the payload is 'Injected into @crossmint/wallets-sdk'. The loopback C2 in this published build limits immediate reach on a vanilla installer, but the harvest, encoding, and POST primitives execute on every require() and the destination is a one-line change for any future republish. Importing this package as the legitimate Crossmint SDK results in theft of AWS credentials, SSH private keys, npm auth tokens, Solana keypairs, and the GitHub CLI token.
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.
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @epsteinlovekids483/crossmint-wallets-sdk-pentest (8 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
@epsteinlovekids483/crossmint-wallets-sdk-pentest 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 @epsteinlovekids483/crossmint-wallets-sdk-pentest 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.
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O3 blocks @epsteinlovekids483/crossmint-wallets-sdk-pentest-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.