ai-p2pnpm
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ai-p2p is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10695) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in ai-p2p (npm)
What this malware does
The package ships a single index.html that embeds a hardcoded Google Generative Language API key as a JavaScript constant (const GEMINI_KEY = "AQ.Ab8RN6...";) and calls https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash:generateContent?key=<KEY> from the browser when the user clicks the chat button. The key belongs to the package author's own Google account. There are no npm lifecycle scripts (no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare), and main points at the HTML file, so nothing executes on npm install or require(). The key is not a third-party credential being distributed to installers, nor does the code read or exfiltrate any installer-side data; the only consequence of using the package is that requests consume the author's own Gemini quota.
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 ai-p2p (5 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
ai-p2p 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 ai-p2p 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 ai-p2p-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.