nat-ulidnpm
Advisory published Updated
nat-ulid is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5880) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 3.0.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in nat-ulid (npm)
What this malware does
The package ships a bundled file at dist/node/payload.js containing several POST call sites (around lines 14592, 14621, 14805, 14923, 15805). Pattern matches alone cannot distinguish a legitimate HTTP client library from an exfiltration channel: the destinations may be configurable parameters of an exposed API, documented vendor endpoints, or attacker-controlled hosts. No corroborating behavior such as credential reads, environment scraping, install-time lifecycle execution, or known-bad infrastructure was identified in the available evidence. Routing to human review for semantic verification of the bundle's POST destinations and reachability.
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 nat-ulid (version 3.0.2).
If you installed it — respond
nat-ulid 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 nat-ulid 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 nat-ulid-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.