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Malicious package

apple-infra-ultimate-bypassnpm

Advisory published Updated

apple-infra-ultimate-bypass is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-3156) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 3.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in apple-infra-ultimate-bypass (npm)

MAL-2026-3156
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall apple-infra-ultimate-bypass

What this malware does

Malicious npm package published by threat actor "raya4321" as part of a coordinated typosquatting campaign impersonating Apple internal infrastructure services (authentication, PKI, telemetry, CloudKit, and cloud infrastructure). All packages in this campaign execute credential-theft payloads during npm installation via preinstall or postinstall lifecycle hooks.

Trigger: preinstall. Functions as a second-stage payload loader: executes /tmp/final_payload.sh if present, enabling execution of payloads dropped by coordinated packages in the same campaign. The package also bundles pwn.sh, which hunts for npm/GitHub authentication tokens (NPM_TOKEN, NODE_AUTH_TOKEN, GITHUB_TOKEN, NPM_AUTH_TOKEN) in the environment and ~/.npmrc, then uses any found token to publish a trojanized version of apple-app-store-server-library to the npm registry (supply chain attack), and exfiltrates results to https://webhook.site/85f78e76-dc73-4cb5-a65c-27f2c10db591.

The package apple-infra-ultimate-bypass was found to contain malicious code.

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
3.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

8ed14decaed307eada94a397f787c271b5fd478182b61ae4e279bd1b05e99fad
92c6c6cbacca37f74ffa8c0de4ad5045eac9a1f64960cc7c754af02e93b9922c

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for apple-infra-ultimate-bypass (version 3.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    apple-infra-ultimate-bypass 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 apple-infra-ultimate-bypass 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. apple-infra-ultimate-bypass on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 3.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-x5g9-r6x2-jpfv

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder
  • SafeDep · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks apple-infra-ultimate-bypass-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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