es6-migratornpm
es6-migrator is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15553) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in es6-migrator (npm)
What this malware does
The package's declared preinstall script runs beacon.js on npm install. The beacon unconditionally collects installer-side identity fields (hostname, OS username, current working directory, INIT_CWD, a derived context ID, runtime signature, and detected CI provider), base32-encodes them into custom X-Bug-Bounty-* request headers, and issues a plain-HTTP GET to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at http://45.76.249.245/beacon/QHHXFUL-YIB6g0kLLjMIDF_DFSRl2FdD/es6-migrator/1.0.1. If the HTTP callback fails or times out, beacon.js falls back to DNS out-of-band exfiltration, encoding each identity field into subdomains under seven preconfigured *.oob.asm5.net hosts and issuing A/AAAA/TXT/MX/CNAME/NS/SOA queries to tunnel the same data. The package's own metadata additionally identifies it as a dependency-confusion proof-of-concept targeting the name es6-migrator on the public registry, so any organization whose internal build resolves this name from the public registry is beaconed at install time. The bare-IP HTTP endpoint, the unrelated DNS-tunnel destination (asm5.net), the plain-HTTP transport, and the fallback design to defeat egress filtering are all inconsistent with any legitimate maintainer telemetry, and the 'authorized bug bounty' self-label in the package description is author-controlled and does not remove the install-time exfiltration.
Malicious versions
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for es6-migrator (version 1.0.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging es6-migrator across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
es6-migrator 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-migrator was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks es6-migrator before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks es6-migrator-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.