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auth-next-gennpm

auth-next-gen is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10180) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.6.29, 1.7.2, 1.7.11). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in auth-next-gen (npm)

MAL-2026-10180
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall auth-next-gen

What this malware does

On require of auth-next-gen, index.js loads lib/writer.js, which at module top level performs an axios GET against a base64-obfuscated URL (https://www.jsonkeeper.com/b/GS6NQ, with a second hex-encoded URL https://www.jsonkeeper.com/b/HY6M6 staged the same way) and passes the response body to eval(), yielding arbitrary code execution on the installer under attacker control. In parallel, writer.js builds a data object at module top containing the full process.env, os.platform(), os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, and non-internal MAC addresses, staged alongside the fetched payload for exfiltration. The destination URLs and the axios/get/then identifiers are hidden behind base64 (atob) and a hex-decoding helper. The package.json advertises the module as an SSR auth-sync helper and the code, keywords (logger, stream, json), and image assets (pino-banner.png, pino-logo-hire.png) are lifted from the pino logger project, functioning as a lure that is unrelated to the actual payload in writer.js. jsonkeeper.com is an anonymous pastebin-style host with mutable content — the exec'd bytes can change at any time without a package update.

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

3 flagged
1.6.291.7.21.7.11

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

b8dce692ce1195a96313ec4a46a421bffa6a6f1f7a31db072e75210bc82658f1
ee9e59b304ae8be37c7b156735cc840fccb9c0a6b642a29016320df16b640375
fe0926f0a2c1f47072efaac014be38bb00c8e9f31f59badf188b1ed74dd5c2ce
8f52954814f4b0c9537e621a23b42653a6d1e5ec73344441a0a020031ee9983c

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for auth-next-gen (3 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging auth-next-gen across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    auth-next-gen 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 auth-next-gen was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks auth-next-gen before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. auth-next-gen on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 1.6.29, 1.7.2, 1.7.11 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-009720IN-MAL-2026-009718IN-MAL-2026-009719GHSA-8qpp-8j53-4wh7

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks auth-next-gen-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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auth-next-gen (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-10180 | O3 Security