coinbase-desktop-sdknpm
Advisory published Updated
coinbase-desktop-sdk is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-1693) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.5.14, 1.5.15, 1.5.16…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in coinbase-desktop-sdk (npm)
What this malware does
The package coinbase-desktop-sdk was found to contain malicious code.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for coinbase-desktop-sdk (5 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove coinbase-desktop-sdk 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 coinbase-desktop-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.
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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks coinbase-desktop-sdk-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.