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Malicious package

@quick-start-soft/quick-task-refinenpm

Malicious code in @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2025-190824
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine

What this malware does

The package @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine was found to contain malicious code.

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.

This package was compromised by the Sha1-Hulud: The Second Coming NPM worm. The malicious payload steals tokens and credentials and publishes them to GitHub. The worm will propogate itself to NPM packages the user owns and establish persistence is a GitHub action. The package may also destroy the user's home directory.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.4.2511142126

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

128ae329a69350234ac81d6f9e49635771a5c3286c7181c82350679e36af1884
7b916ec147b8ea7421a203e04aee7554ffafacffd6a0aa576031a36f8773dc41
9e645a6231f54d2965d61ee35aa859077fb97cfd6f4db19fbf6549522d389996
e3a4abdc09d29254099ebb260f75f4769970a89d227895f5f930ff17616c0016

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine (version 1.4.2511142126). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine 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 @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.4.2511142126 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-c2vq-hfp6-fxxx

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring
@quick-start-soft/quick-task-refine (npm) malicious package — MAL-2025-190824 | O3 Security