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Malicious package

@wethenorth12/docker-api-clientnpm

Advisory published Updated

@wethenorth12/docker-api-client is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12090) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.0.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @wethenorth12/docker-api-client (npm)

MAL-2026-12090
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @wethenorth12/docker-api-client

What this malware does

Package advertises itself as a 'drop-in replacement for dockerode' but the main module (index.js) has no Docker functionality. On require, it collects hostname, username, home directory, platform, cwd, a timestamp, and the entire process.env, base64-encodes a JSON blob of those fields, and sends it via an HTTPS GET to api.telegram.org/bot<token>/sendMessage with chat_id=8969499041. A tmp marker file suppresses repeat sends. The wholesale process.env dump routinely carries CI/build secrets such as AWS_*, GITHUB_TOKEN, NPM_TOKEN, and other installer-owned credentials, so the beacon functions as a credential harvester. The fallback module.exports exposes unrelated crypto/wallet stubs (createWallet, generateMnemonic returning random bytes, signTransaction) and attempts to re-export dockerode if present, serving as cover for the exfiltration.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
2.0.2

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

ae39aac54233ee3235e2cb94f52d5d4e182a6f16d91ac42b9d7add9bd8c00470

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @wethenorth12/docker-api-client (version 2.0.2).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @wethenorth12/docker-api-client 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 @wethenorth12/docker-api-client 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. @wethenorth12/docker-api-client on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.0.2 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-013450

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks @wethenorth12/docker-api-client-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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