axis-datagridnpm
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axis-datagrid is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15528) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 45.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in axis-datagrid (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares a dependency whose key equals the package's own name (axis-datagrid) and whose source is the bare HTTPS URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/axis-datagrid instead of a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever bytes that URL returns and installs them, running any lifecycle scripts they contain, with no version pin and no integrity check. The shipped index.js is an inert stub, so the manifest itself is the entire install-time payload: whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com controls code executed on the installer's machine. The self-referential dependency name (dependency-confusion shape) and an implausibly high version (45.0.0) for a package whose actual code is a placeholder are consistent with a package designed to win resolution against an internal name and pull code from an off-registry host.
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.
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Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for axis-datagrid (version 45.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove axis-datagrid 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.
Did it already run?
If axis-datagrid 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.
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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
- ReversingLabs · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks axis-datagrid-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.