@public-for-cdao/tokennpm
@public-for-cdao/token is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10603) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 99.99.99). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @public-for-cdao/token (npm)
What this malware does
The @public-for-cdao/token package is part of a dependency-confusion credential theft campaign. Its package.json declares a postinstall hook that runs node recon.js automatically during npm installation. The bundled recon.js is identical across six packages in the @public-for-cdao scope and has SHA-256 3dd1f7827fe311d17f442e0af0fab46f3f1a938bb3409838536795fb1aa0f740.
The script collects CI tokens, GitLab access tokens, SSH and deployment keys, AWS credentials, database and Redis passwords, private keys, cryptocurrency mnemonics and seed phrases, Docker and npm credentials, and Slack and Discord tokens from environment variables. It also searches common project, application, root, and CI-runner locations for .env files and extracts lines containing KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASS, PRIVATE, or MNEMONIC. The package name, version, hostname, and collected secrets are POSTed to a fixed webhook.site endpoint and a Pipedream endpoint with TLS certificate verification disabled.
Package @public-for-cdao/[email protected] is a dependency-confusion payload targeting an internal @cdao/token scope. package.json declares a postinstall hook that runs node recon.js, which on npm install collects host identity (os.hostname(), username, platform, cwd), iterates a large list of CI/CD and cloud credential environment variables (including AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, NPM_TOKEN, GITLAB_* tokens, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC, DB_PASSWORD), reads .env* files at multiple paths and greps for KEY/SECRET/TOKEN/PASS/PRIVATE/MNEMONIC lines, and enumerates GitLab-runner build directories under /builds/, /home/gitlab-runner/builds/, and /var/lib/gitlab-runner/. The collected data is JSON-serialized and POSTed over HTTPS with rejectUnauthorized:false to two attacker-controlled endpoints: webhook.site/d6d18927-e513-4df7-b019-58bfc64fe0dd and enqoojbegdvxj.x.pipedream.net. The version 99.99.99 and mismatched public scope are consistent with attempting to preempt resolution of an internal package of the same base name.
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @public-for-cdao/token (version 99.99.99). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @public-for-cdao/token across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
@public-for-cdao/token 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 @public-for-cdao/token 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 @public-for-cdao/token 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.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @public-for-cdao/token-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.