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Malicious package

@galicia-toolkit/tag-managernpm

Advisory published Updated

@galicia-toolkit/tag-manager is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17691) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 999.0.3, 999.0.5, 999.0.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @galicia-toolkit/tag-manager (npm)

MAL-2026-17691
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @galicia-toolkit/tag-manager

What this malware does

@galicia-toolkit/tag-manager claims the @galicia-toolkit scope and describes itself as a dependency-confusion PoC. Its postinstall hook runs node postinstall.js || true on npm install; the script collects host, platform, runtime, network, and environment data, then sends it over HTTP to oob.s4yhii.com:9999 and encodes hostname, username, platform, and architecture in DNS queries to subdomains of oob.s4yhii.com. The npm account s4yhii_ published versions 999.0.3 and 999.0.5 on 2026-10-08; 999.0.6 runs the same node postinstall.js || true command on install, sends the same DNS queries, and connects to 66.94.100.203:9999.

@galicia-toolkit/[email protected] is a scoped dependency-confusion squat whose entire payload runs from a postinstall hook. On npm install, postinstall.js reads a curated list of credential-grade environment variables (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, NPM_TOKEN, NODE_AUTH_TOKEN, ACTIONS_ID_TOKEN_REQUEST_TOKEN), enumerates the full process.env key list, and collects host reconnaissance (hostname, username, platform, arch, kernel, cwd, uid, external IPs, CPU/memory). The collected data is exfiltrated over two channels to a hardcoded external host: an HTTP POST to oob.s4yhii.com:9999/dep-confusion, and DNS beacons encoding hostname/username under *.dc.oob.s4yhii.com. index.js is empty — the package has no library functionality; its only effect is the install-time exfiltration. The package.json uses an inflated 999.0.6 version consistent with winning resolution against an internal @galicia-toolkit scope. A self-label as a bug-bounty PoC in the description does not change the behavior: any installer that resolves this scoped name has its cloud and CI credentials sent to a non-first-party host.

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.

Malicious versions

3 flagged
999.0.3999.0.5999.0.6

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

2ad7348fe8e55e4f3f4a46ff9c190cb6b4cca4aba9870af85feeec4e4ee3acaa
5e2accc91beaa067ef442b5dbedf2fb823cea321757875bff9f4cad10532c093
8bf6f3105d29ba69c2991f3caac8e1c76e5587894f851f30afce2fa90a207287
5ce050795bcc47589048ae947f8bcd6c7267d52e02eb6d3235950b6bfcfb3b1a

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @galicia-toolkit/tag-manager (3 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @galicia-toolkit/tag-manager 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 @galicia-toolkit/tag-manager 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. @galicia-toolkit/tag-manager on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 999.0.3, 999.0.5, 999.0.6 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-q3gj-mpgg-cqpvIN-MAL-2026-021220IN-MAL-2026-021226IN-MAL-2026-021221

References

Credits

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  • InvisiRisk, Inc. · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @galicia-toolkit/tag-manager-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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