load-nuxt-devnpm
load-nuxt-dev is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6935) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 99.0.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in load-nuxt-dev (npm)
What this malware does
The package name resembles the legitimate Nuxt ecosystem tooling (e.g., @nuxt/load-nuxt), and the version 99.0.3 is a common dependency-confusion / version-inflation shape used to force npm to prefer this artifact over an internal package of the same name. No install-time, import-time, or runtime code paths in the scanned files show credential harvesting, remote-code fetch-and-execute, exfiltration, or backdoor behavior. Because no concrete installer-harm mechanism was observed, this cannot be classified as an active attack from the current artifact contents alone, but the name + inflated-version pattern is consistent with a dependency-confusion lure and warrants human review before allowing it into a build.
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
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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 load-nuxt-dev (version 99.0.3). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging load-nuxt-dev across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
load-nuxt-dev 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 load-nuxt-dev 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 load-nuxt-dev 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 load-nuxt-dev-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.