Which versions of configration are malicious?

The following npm versions of configration are flagged malicious: 2.3.5. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate configration if I installed it?

configration 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.

I already installed configration — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If configration 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.

Is configration part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — configration is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-008168, RLMA-2026-06163 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find configration across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for configration (version 2.3.5).

Malicious package

configrationnpm

Advisory published Jul 8, 2026Updated Sep 1, 2026

configration is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-7009) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.3.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in configration (npm)

MAL-2026-7009

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall configration

What this malware does

The package impersonates the pino logger (README badges, module.exports.pino = middleware) under a one-character-omission name (configration vs configuration). When a consumer requires the package and invokes the exported middleware factory, index.js detaches a child process running lib/initializeCaller.js. That child decodes a base64-obfuscated URL stored under decoy field names (DEV_API_KEY, DEV_SECRET_KEY) inside a locally shadowed process object, resolving to https://ipcheck-hashed.vercel.app/api/auth/6c1d60d35852ef0c05df. It POSTs the entire spread process.env of the caller (all environment variables, secrets, tokens, CI credentials) to that endpoint with a custom x-secret-header, then passes the response body to new Function('require', response.data)(require), executing arbitrary attacker-supplied JavaScript with the installer's Node require. This is a combined credential exfiltration + remote-code-execution channel gated only by requiring/loading the module.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

2.3.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

3255dd4ea4a24b3e000f6a8aadb9a022bc9aed07507124a595dd42ef0b429d6e

3e9534536c198aae90274260f3080b62c95f17a8568c88fdc649780298e96aa7

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for configration (version 2.3.5).
If you installed it — respond
configration 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 configration 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. configration on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.3.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-008168RLMA-2026-06163

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks configration-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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