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Malicious package

analytics-widgetnpm

Advisory published Updated

analytics-widget is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17163) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in analytics-widget (npm)

MAL-2026-17163
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall analytics-widget

What this malware does

The package is published as 'analytics-widget' with an empty description, but its main module contains no analytics functionality. On load, index.js schedules a 2-second timer that reads the 'token' key from browser localStorage, falls back to a JSON serialization of the entire localStorage store if that key is missing, and POSTs the result to the relative endpoint '/addPost' via fetch. When bundled into a consumer's frontend, every end-user session that loads the page has their auth token (or the full localStorage contents) sent to whichever origin serves the bundle, enabling session hijacking of the consuming application's users. The package name and empty metadata serve as a cover story; no legitimate analytics code is present.

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

2 flagged
1.0.01.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

4b78f3ed716380da74c5d54de6e24b6b128536a7ce5772e8b05d03108a1d9b74
82d3b7c57f6ef962fd5de4bb10adaaacac2c030aa5598c173aba084c37633c2c
399579776689b5ab6b5fe78e2c79da4ddf4950f898e9017333bdadaf3603a7f3

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for analytics-widget (2 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove analytics-widget 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If analytics-widget 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. analytics-widget on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-020518IN-MAL-2026-020517GHSA-548g-r2c9-6chm

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks analytics-widget-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.

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analytics-widget (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-17163 | O3 Security