@vite-mcp/vite-typenpm
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@vite-mcp/vite-type is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10525) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 6.44.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @vite-mcp/vite-type (npm)
What this malware does
Package @vite-mcp/[email protected] impersonates the legitimate vite package: package.json declares name '@vite-mcp/vite-type', author 'Evan You', repository 'github.com/vitejs/vite', and a bin entry 'vite' → 'bin/vite.js', while shipping a copy of the vite source tree to look authentic. Appended to bin/vite.js, after a long whitespace-padded line intended to push it past editor viewports, is an obfuscated IIFE that uses a Fisher-Yates-style string-permutation decoder keyed to the integer 4606094 to reconstruct identifiers ('require','https','get','child_process','spawn','eval','JSON.parse'). At runtime it performs an HTTPS GET and a JSON-RPC POST to a remote host, XOR-decodes the response, passes the result to eval(), and additionally invokes child_process.spawn(..., {detached:true, stdio:..., windowsHide:true}) to run the decoded payload as a hidden detached process. The loader fires whenever the shipped 'vite' bin is invoked (e.g. via 'npx vite' or a project's npm scripts), giving the publisher arbitrary remote code execution on any developer or build host that runs this CLI. Combined with the brand/author/repository impersonation of vitejs/vite, this is a deliberate supply-chain attack against developers who mistakenly install this scope.
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
TyposquatFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @vite-mcp/vite-type (version 6.44.1).
If you installed it — respond
@vite-mcp/vite-type is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove @vite-mcp/vite-type, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.
Did it already run?
If @vite-mcp/vite-type 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
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @vite-mcp/vite-type-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.