Which versions of grafeno-payments are malicious?

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

How do I remediate grafeno-payments if I installed it?

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.

I already installed grafeno-payments — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If grafeno-payments 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 grafeno-payments part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — grafeno-payments is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-019150 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 grafeno-payments across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for grafeno-payments (version 1.0.0).

Malicious package

grafeno-paymentsnpm

Advisory published Aug 29, 2026Updated Aug 29, 2026

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

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for grafeno-payments (version 1.0.0).
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 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. 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

npmjs.com

Credits

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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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