mcp-notes-server-poc-praetoriannpm
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mcp-notes-server-poc-praetorian is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10210) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 0.1.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in mcp-notes-server-poc-praetorian (npm)
What this malware does
On startup of the CLI/bin entry, [email protected] issues an unconditional HTTPS GET to the hardcoded host ft8swuagwwf6newi.ixx.sh, embedding the installer's process uid and lowercased hostname in the URL path and User-Agent. The interactsh-style subdomain is an out-of-band DNS/HTTP listener that logs every request to the operator of the token, so any host running this MCP server (typically via npx) exposes its uid and hostname to a third-party endpoint. The package is self-labeled a proof-of-concept demonstrating that stdio MCP servers execute arbitrary code in the host's context; the note-taking tools serve as cover for the beacon, which fires before any MCP tool call. Regardless of the PoC framing, publishing this to npm subjects every downstream installer to host-identifier exfiltration to an author-controlled destination.
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
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for mcp-notes-server-poc-praetorian (version 0.1.0).
If you installed it — respond
mcp-notes-server-poc-praetorian 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 mcp-notes-server-poc-praetorian 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 mcp-notes-server-poc-praetorian-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.