create-mastranpm
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create-mastra is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6050) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.13.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in create-mastra (npm)
What this malware does
create-mastra is the Mastra framework's project scaffolder, distributed as a bundled CLI. The flagged signals are generic occurrences of the literal string 'POST' across the minified dist/index.js (lines 245-247, 679, 16066) without corroborating evidence of a hardcoded attacker C2 endpoint, install-time exfiltration, or credential harvest. No install/postinstall lifecycle hooks were identified that would auto-execute network behavior on npm install. Keyword co-occurrence in a minified rollup bundle is the weakest evidence shape and is consistent with normal HTTP client code in a CLI scaffolder. Routing for human review to confirm the destinations of those POST calls are documented Mastra endpoints rather than attacker infrastructure.
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
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for create-mastra (version 1.13.1).
If you installed it — respond
create-mastra 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 create-mastra 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 create-mastra-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.