byted-commerce-materialsnpm
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byted-commerce-materials is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16326) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in byted-commerce-materials (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares both preinstall and postinstall running node callback.js, so the payload fires automatically on npm install. callback.js collects hostname, username, platform, cwd, home directory, network interfaces, uid/gid, CI/cloud provider fingerprints, and probes the working directory for credential files (.env,.npmrc,.yarnrc,.git/config,.docker/config.json, credentials, secrets.json). It also enumerates process.env keys and filters them against a broad credential-name regex set (token, secret, key, password, aws, azure, gcp, npm, ssh, private, credential, jwt, bearer, stripe, db, mysql, postgres, mongo, redis). The collected payload is POSTed to api.telegram.org via a hardcoded Telegram Bot API token and chat_id (1064260758). A secondary DNS-based side channel base64-encodes host/user/CI fields and issues a dns.resolve against a <encoded>.dc-callback.example.com subdomain as a fallback for environments that block HTTPS to Telegram. The package presents itself as a byted/commerce materials module and a security research / dependency confusion PoC; the self-label does not change that the traced behavior harvests installer host and credential reconnaissance and ships it off-host to attacker-controlled channels without consent.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for byted-commerce-materials (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
byted-commerce-materials 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.
Did it already run?
If byted-commerce-materials 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
Detect & block this
O3 blocks byted-commerce-materials-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.