@tesla-insurance/vinless-quotenpm
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@tesla-insurance/vinless-quote is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16378) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 9.9.10). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @tesla-insurance/vinless-quote (npm)
What this malware does
The package declares an install lifecycle script (node index.js) that loads runtime/support/telemetry/probe/impl.js. On npm install, this probe collects the OS username (os.userInfo().username), hostname (os.hostname()), and the basename of the current working directory, joins them with a static prefix into a DNS label, and issues dns.resolve4() against a subdomain of oob.algamil7x.xyz — a covert DNS-based exfiltration channel that bypasses HTTP egress filtering. Both the destination host and the module names (os, dns, process) are obfuscated as String.fromCharCode byte arrays, and modules are loaded via module.constructor._load rather than plain require, hiding the hostile endpoint and the primitives used to reach it. The package is published under a vendor-branded scope (@tesla-insurance/vinless-quote) unrelated to the attacker domain, consistent with a social-engineering wrapper around the exfiltration payload.
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.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @tesla-insurance/vinless-quote (version 9.9.10).
If you installed it — respond
@tesla-insurance/vinless-quote 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 @tesla-insurance/vinless-quote 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
Detect & block this
O3 blocks @tesla-insurance/vinless-quote-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.