@onum-releases/authnpm
Advisory published Updated
@onum-releases/auth is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6123) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @onum-releases/auth (npm)
What this malware does
On require('@onum-releases/auth'), index.js reads os.hostname() and issues an HTTP GET to auth.<hostname>.200majoeu01dk02xnjdajro1isojc90y.oastify.com, transmitting the installer's host identifier to a Burp Collaborator out-of-band domain via both DNS resolution and HTTP. The package.json self-identifies as a 'dependency-confusion / scope-takeover demonstration' placeholder under the @onum-releases scope, so any build that mistakenly resolves an internal @onum-releases/* name to the public registry will leak its hostname to a third-party collaborator endpoint. Although labeled a PoC, the import-time beacon performs unconsented exfiltration of installer-side data to an attacker-controlled domain.
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Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @onum-releases/auth (3 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
@onum-releases/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.
Did it already run?
If @onum-releases/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.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @onum-releases/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.