metrics-probe-77d4npm
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metrics-probe-77d4 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5982) 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 metrics-probe-77d4 (npm)
What this malware does
On install, package.json runs postinstall: node run.js. run.js imports os, fs, http, https, and child_process and at runtime collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), os.platform()) and reads files from the filesystem (fs.existsSync / fs.readFileSync), then issues outbound HTTP/HTTPS requests including POST calls (run.js lines 322, 329) and GET / http.get fetches (lines 38, 190). The postinstall lifecycle hook causes this code to execute automatically on npm install without consumer interaction, exposing installer host information and local file contents to attacker-controlled network destinations. The package name (random suffix -77d4) and the absence of any documented purpose are consistent with a disposable exfiltration lure rather than a legitimate library.
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
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for metrics-probe-77d4 (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
metrics-probe-77d4 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 metrics-probe-77d4 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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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks metrics-probe-77d4-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.