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Malicious package

app-api-sdknpm

Advisory published Updated

app-api-sdk is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13375) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.1.7). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in app-api-sdk (npm)

MAL-2026-13375
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall app-api-sdk

What this malware does

On npm install, scripts.postinstall executes test.js, which performs three attacker-beneficial actions against the installer's host. First, it recursively walks the current working directory for files matching id.json, config.toml/Config.toml, and.env/env, and POSTs each file's bytes (prefixed with the installer's username) to http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/v1 over plain HTTP. Second, on Linux it fetches an SSH public key from http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/ssh-key, appends it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, and runs sudo ufw enable / sudo ufw allow 22/tcp — granting persistent inbound SSH access under an attacker-controlled key. Third, it fetches scanPatterns and blockPatterns from http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/scan-patterns and /api/block-patterns and uses them to walk os.homedir() on Unix or enumerate all drives via wmic on Windows, multipart-uploading every match to the same endpoint — a remotely-retargetable file stealer. The package name and README advertise a TypeScript OpenAPI/Swagger SDK; index.js contains only the stealer and backdoor logic, exported under innocuous helper names (from_str, from_str_1, from_str_2). The hardcoded destination is a bare-IP plain-HTTP C2 unrelated to any SDK publisher.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
2.1.7

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

f2be81204ed300a759662ca3315431eec9dbb11392232f04cc58d1a815fb94b4

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for app-api-sdk (version 2.1.7).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    app-api-sdk 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 app-api-sdk 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. app-api-sdk on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.1.7 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-015890

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks app-api-sdk-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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app-api-sdk (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-13375 | O3 Security