exodus-solana-sdknpm
Malicious code in exodus-solana-sdk (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
What this malware does
Package name impersonates the Exodus cryptocurrency wallet brand (exodus-solana-sdk). package.json declares a postinstall hook (node src/canary.js) that fires automatically on npm install. canary.js performs a DNS lookup and HTTPS GET to a hardcoded 96e03fa6c292469a-172-245-86-254.serveousercontent.com endpoint — a serveo.net reverse-tunnel domain that is anonymous, mutable, and operator-controlled. The hostname embeds an IPv4 address (172.245.86.254), and the response body is silently discarded (r.resume()), confirming the request's purpose is reconnaissance rather than data delivery to the installer. The beacon reveals the installer's egress IP, DNS resolver, and install-time event to whoever controls the tunnel. The package's own description self-identifies as a 'Security research canary — Exodus HackerOne PoC. Not a real package.', but it is published to the public npm registry where any developer who mistypes the package name will execute the beacon. Self-declared research framing does not neutralize installer-side harm: install-time outbound network to an anonymous tunnel under a brand-impersonating package name is the typosquat-reconnaissance attack shape.
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Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for exodus-solana-sdk (version 99.0.0-canary.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging exodus-solana-sdk across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
exodus-solana-sdk 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 exodus-solana-sdk 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 exodus-solana-sdk 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 exodus-solana-sdk-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.