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Malicious package

ionic-insta-api-wrappernpm

Advisory published Updated

ionic-insta-api-wrapper is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-4588) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.2.1…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in ionic-insta-api-wrapper (npm)

MAL-2026-4588
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall ionic-insta-api-wrapper

What this malware does

[email protected] is presented as a generic Instagram API client but silently routes caller-supplied Instagram credentials and sessions to a hardcoded author-controlled backend at reelsaver.appit-online.de, and uses the resulting authenticated session to perform remotely-chosen follow/like actions on the caller's Instagram account.

Specific behaviors in the shipped code:

  • getCookie()/getCookies posts the caller-supplied Instagram username and password together with the full Instagram login response (session cookies, user id) to https://reelsaver.appit-online.de/v2/insta/check in addition to Instagram itself, moving the credentials and session outside Instagram's trust boundary without disclosure.
  • LoginService.loginViaBackend sends the Instagram username, password, and 2FA code to https://reelsaver.appit-online.de/v2/insta/login as a fallback login path, so the author's server performs the login and retains the credentials and resulting session.
  • After login, verifyAccount fetches a user/post list from https://reelsaver.appit-online.de/v2/insta/verify and uses the installer's authenticated Instagram session to call friendships/create and media/like on each returned target, giving the author runtime control over actions performed from the installer's account.
  • fetchAPI issues an analytics GET to {analyticsBaseUrl}/v2/insta/{username}/{target}/{type} on every library call, leaking the installer's Instagram identity and the identifiers of profiles/stories/posts being queried to the same author host.

The destination host is hardcoded, not configurable to Instagram directly, and the credential relay, server-directed account actions, and per-call activity logging are not described in the library's advertised purpose. Installing applications therefore disclose end-user Instagram credentials, sessions, and account activity to the package author, and the author can direct follows and likes from any authenticated session.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Malicious versions

9 flagged
1.1.21.1.31.2.11.2.21.3.01.3.11.3.21.3.31.3.4

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
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Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for ionic-insta-api-wrapper (9 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    ionic-insta-api-wrapper 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 ionic-insta-api-wrapper 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. ionic-insta-api-wrapper on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, and 1 more flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

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References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks ionic-insta-api-wrapper-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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