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grafeno-paymentsnpm

grafeno-payments is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15572) 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 grafeno-payments (npm)

MAL-2026-15572
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall grafeno-payments

What this malware does

On npm install, package.json's preinstall hook (node preinstall.js || true) auto-runs a script that (1) enumerates process.env for keys matching AWS|TOKEN|KEY|SECRET|PASS|API, concatenates them with the machine's hostname and username, base64-encodes the blob, and exfiltrates it via curl GET to http://216.126.236.46/r.php over plain HTTP; and (2) on non-Windows hosts invokes bash -i with a /dev/tcp redirection to 216.126.236.46:4444, giving the remote endpoint an interactive shell on the installer's machine. The || true suffix suppresses errors so npm install reports success while the payload runs. The package's stated payments purpose is a cover story; the shipped preinstall behavior is credential theft plus full-host remote code execution against the installer.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

7af58da84956e51749cbb96923f12264cfdee76456b5010b526599b7da2c0caa

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for grafeno-payments (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging grafeno-payments across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    grafeno-payments 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If grafeno-payments 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks grafeno-payments 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. grafeno-payments 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-2026-019150

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks grafeno-payments-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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