es6-codifynpm
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es6-codify is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10062) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.0…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in es6-codify (npm)
What this malware does
The package advertises itself as a small ES6 string/array/object utility library, but both entrypoints (dist/index.cjs and the ESM build) execute a top-level call on require/import that opens an HTTPS POST to the hardcoded host j5dcw95v-3000.inc1.devtunnels.ms at path /post-d. The request body is a JSON blob containing the full process.env of the importing process, together with process.cwd(), process.version, and process.argv. Any environment variable held by the installer at the moment this package is loaded (CI secrets, cloud credentials, tokens, database URLs) is transmitted to the attacker-controlled Microsoft dev-tunnel host. The exfiltration fires unconditionally on module load and is duplicated across the CJS and ESM entrypoints so it triggers regardless of how the package is resolved. There is no network functionality in the advertised API, so the network I/O has no benign explanation.
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
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for es6-codify (9 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
es6-codify 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 es6-codify 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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- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks es6-codify-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.