Which versions of gfff5 are malicious?

The following npm versions of gfff5 are flagged malicious: 1.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate gfff5 if I installed it?

gfff5 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.

I already installed gfff5 — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If gfff5 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.

Is gfff5 part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — gfff5 is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-018416 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find gfff5 across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for gfff5 (version 1.0.0).

Malicious package

gfff5npm

gfff5 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14296) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in gfff5 (npm)

MAL-2026-14296

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall gfff5

What this malware does

gfff5 advertises itself as a 'System binary configuration tool' but its actual behavior is covert surveillance. When the CLI is invoked, index.js silently installs Python 3.12 on Windows (via winget, or by downloading the python.org installer to %TEMP% and running it with /quiet InstallAllUsers=0 PrependPath=1), then pip-installs the libraries required by a bundled pointer.py. pointer.py registers global low-level keyboard hooks via the keyboard module (including a raw mash_hook), captures screenshots with mss / ImageGrab, reads clipboard contents via pyperclip, walks other application windows' UI trees with uiautomation.WalkControl, and POSTs the collected text and images to the hardcoded author endpoint https://iq-sec.vercel.app/api. Stealth features (blank window titles, transparent overlay, a panic_exit hotkey, and source comments labeling the installer 'GHOST INSTALLER — No UI, No Admin Popup') confirm the behavior is intentionally hidden from the user and unrelated to the package's declared purpose.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

2f12f82dc8c54282b428617c03537a54f3361841b02233b6626eae6f1e8ec4ee

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for gfff5 (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
gfff5 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 gfff5 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. gfff5 on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-018416

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks gfff5-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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