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Malicious package

@shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4npm

Advisory published Updated

@shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12329) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.77). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4 (npm)

MAL-2026-12329
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4

What this malware does

The package declares a postinstall script node dist/recon.js that runs automatically on npm install. The script collects installer-side reconnaissance data — hostname, username, SUDO_USER, home directory, current working directory, all local IPv4 addresses (including internal interfaces), DNS domain (via dnsdomainname), CI-provider flags, the full sorted list of process.env variable names, and a filtered subset of environment variable names matching secret/credential regex patterns — and POSTs the JSON payload over plain HTTP to the hardcoded bare IPv4 endpoint http://138.68.108.20:80/cb. An in-file comment frames the beacon as 'NON-SENSITIVE telemetry', but the destination is a bare IP with no publisher affiliation and the payload includes internal network topology and credential-shaped env variable names. The package presents itself as a scoped Shift Forex build compatible with the public shift-sdk-v4 package and ships a minimal API-compatible stub in dist/index.js, consistent with a dependency-confusion lure against consumers who reference shift-sdk-v4 from an internal registry.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.77

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

1bff275a2558640accb1a6956b933b71930ece1240bd8c5a0c2e00f74fc2fa82

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4 (version 1.0.77).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4 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 @shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4 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. @shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4 on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.77 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-014860

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4-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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@shiftmarkets/shift-sdk-v4 (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-12329 | O3 Security