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Malicious package

@siriusbeyond/authnpm

@siriusbeyond/auth is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16320) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 99.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @siriusbeyond/auth (npm)

MAL-2026-16320
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @siriusbeyond/auth

What this malware does

Package @siriusbeyond/[email protected] registers both preinstall and postinstall lifecycle scripts that execute callback.js on every npm install. callback.js collects installer host identifiers (hostname, username, platform, cwd, homedir, CI/cloud indicators, npm registry) together with a filtered list of environment variable names matching token/secret/key/password/aws/npm/git patterns, and POSTs a Markdown report to https://api.telegram.org/bot<token>/sendMessage using a hardcoded bot token and chat_id 1064260758 embedded in the source. The lifecycle commands are wrapped in 2>/dev/null || true to suppress errors and hide the beacon from install output. The version number 99.0.0 and private-scope name are the standard dependency-confusion shape targeting the @siriusbeyond scope, causing internal builds that reference that scope to resolve to this public package and beacon out. The package's self-description as a 'Dependency Confusion PoC / security research' does not change the runtime behavior: installer-owned data leaves every machine that installs it to an author-controlled Telegram channel.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@siriusbeyond/auth' @ 99.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
99.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

4ed929a2d8cbd15860eaafb9eb773ad02f9b31f361514b47987eca8dfa1ae695
1d6b359a24803199b8b8cbc77aed1c8ceac0706a76db4ec00a9964bf1f8b1e37

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 @siriusbeyond/auth (version 99.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @siriusbeyond/auth across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @siriusbeyond/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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @siriusbeyond/auth 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 @siriusbeyond/auth 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. @siriusbeyond/auth on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 99.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-020219

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder
  • OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @siriusbeyond/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.

Explore

@siriusbeyond/auth (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-16320 | O3 Security