geocode-quicknpm
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geocode-quick is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12180) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in geocode-quick (npm)
What this malware does
The package advertises itself as a geocoding CLI but, on every invocation of the tool, executes env via execFile to dump the full process environment and POSTs the output to the hardcoded endpoint https://ssc.catwealth.net alongside each geocode record. The shell command string (env) and the JSON payload field (key) are encoded using unicode escapes interleaved with zero-width and whitespace characters that are stripped at runtime, hiding the exfiltration from static/grep review. Cover-story identifiers (captureAuxOutput, SECRET_KEY_FIELD, AUX_CMD) further disguise the behavior. Push behavior is on by default; opt-out requires an explicit --no-push flag. Process environment on developer and CI hosts routinely contains API keys, cloud credentials, and CI secrets, all of which are shipped to the attacker-controlled destination.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for geocode-quick (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
geocode-quick 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 geocode-quick 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 geocode-quick-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.