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)
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
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind 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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.