@yuva2210/okx-poc-rce-impactnpm
Advisory published Updated
@yuva2210/okx-poc-rce-impact is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15687) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 2.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @yuva2210/okx-poc-rce-impact (npm)
What this malware does
@yuva2210/[email protected] is a dependency-confusion proof-of-concept targeting OKX's internal namespace. The package's package.json declares a preinstall script that runs on npm install and executes child_process.execSync calls for whoami, hostname, pwd, and id, collecting installer host and user identifiers and writing them to /tmp/okx-poc-rce-proof.json. The package has no other functional content — index.js is empty — so the tarball's only effect on installation is to execute the reconnaissance payload on the installer's machine. Any developer or build system that inadvertently resolves an OKX-internal name to this public package runs arbitrary code at install time. The self-labeled 'harmless PoC' framing does not change the mechanism: unsolicited command execution and host-identifier collection fire automatically on npm install.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @yuva2210/okx-poc-rce-impact (version 2.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove @yuva2210/okx-poc-rce-impact from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If @yuva2210/okx-poc-rce-impact 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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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @yuva2210/okx-poc-rce-impact-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.