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Malicious package

ap3-components-uinpm

Advisory published Updated

ap3-components-ui is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10150) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 9.999.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in ap3-components-ui (npm)

MAL-2026-10150
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall ap3-components-ui

What this malware does

Package 'ap3-components-ui' at version 9.999.0 declares a preinstall hook ("node index.js > /dev/null 2>&1") that shells out to collect installer-side identifiers — hostname, current working directory, username, and the installer's public IP (fetched via curl to ifconfig.me) — hex-encodes the collected data, and exfiltrates it as DNS subdomain queries under d987f5ra3q1r1j7ahol0yzuwujwe76i55.oast.fun, an attacker-controlled Interactsh collector. The package name is also embedded in the beacon payload so the operator can correlate which internal name resolved externally. The tarball has an empty description, no README, and no library code beyond the exfil script — the canonical shape of a dependency-confusion squat on an internal package name, published at the sentinel version 9.999.0 to force resolution over any legitimate internal release.

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

1 flagged
9.999.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

5d97e0570ae62fdcbbbd0f4cd4844cf39d0b77a0d4bb346dd6dcb748f0300c43
5f2c3d09574001397eb1c0787d8298cba49b06053182389330d32a421da0010a
b4bb0a8b3c2870b9fc9e0595675868949a48d7a722c2cbcef089d4f85f9ee051

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for ap3-components-ui (version 9.999.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    ap3-components-ui 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 ap3-components-ui 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. ap3-components-ui on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 9.999.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-009657GHSA-qhgr-v9vh-3784RLMA-2026-06062

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks ap3-components-ui-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

Explore

ap3-components-ui (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-10150 | O3 Security