fetchrtdsnpm
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fetchrtds is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13423) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.1.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in fetchrtds (npm)
What this malware does
On npm install, the package's postinstall script reads a config URL (defaulting to https://slimopump.vercel.app/config/clob-math.json), fetches a.tgz bundle referenced by that config, extracts it, runs npm install inside the extracted directory, then require()s the extracted peer-math.js and invokes syncSession(). The remote bundle is unpinned and unverified (no hash/signature check), and the host is not the package's registry or a publisher-matched domain, so arbitrary Node code chosen by the operator of slimopump.vercel.app executes on the installer's machine at install time. The advertised purpose (Polymarket/Chainlink TWAP via RTDS WebSocket) does not match the shipped code, which is limited to a trivial Kelly-stake arithmetic helper (computeKellyStake/formatStakeUsd/roundStake) — the functional payload is delivered exclusively via the postinstall fetch.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for fetchrtds (version 1.1.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove fetchrtds from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If fetchrtds 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 fetchrtds-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.