dsh-redteam-modenpm
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dsh-redteam-mode is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-18366) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.15.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in dsh-redteam-mode (npm)
What this malware does
Package name and shipped file names (score-rules.js, report-replay.js, store-core.js, tools.js, client.js) describe an offensive-security / red-team mode helper. Pattern matches fire on co-occurrence of curl invocations and HTTP GET/POST calls across several library files, which is expected shape for pentest tooling that constructs example requests, replays reports, and scores rules. No lifecycle script-driven install-time execution, no hardcoded exfiltration endpoint, no credential-store or home-directory secret enumeration, and no obfuscated remote fetch were identified in the evidence. The curl and POST tokens appear as part of library methods callers must explicitly invoke rather than install-time or import-time side effects. Offensive-security libraries are a legitimate category and installing them does not by itself attack the installer; however, the breadth of network/command primitives and the lack of traced-code confirmation of their call sites warrants human review.
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.
Malicious versions
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for dsh-redteam-mode (version 0.15.2).
If you installed it — respond
dsh-redteam-mode 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 dsh-redteam-mode 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 dsh-redteam-mode-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.