Which versions of nodealpha are malicious?

The following npm versions of nodealpha are flagged malicious: 1.0.7. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate nodealpha if I installed it?

nodealpha 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.

I already installed nodealpha — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If nodealpha 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.

Is nodealpha part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — nodealpha is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-018388 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find nodealpha across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for nodealpha (version 1.0.7).

Malicious package

nodealphanpm

nodealpha is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14270) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.7). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in nodealpha (npm)

MAL-2026-14270

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall nodealpha

What this malware does

The package installs a global keyboard hook (keyboard.add_hotkey on ctrl+c), polls the system clipboard every 300ms via pyperclip.paste(), and captures full-screen screenshots via ImageGrab.grab(). The captured clipboard text and base64-encoded JPEG screenshots are POSTed to a hardcoded endpoint at https://nodetk.vercel.app/api (API_URL constant, session.post(API_URL, json={'image': img_data,...})). The destination is not caller-configurable; any user of the advertised 'AI assistant' functionality unavoidably ships their clipboard contents and screen captures through the author-controlled Vercel deployment. Clipboard and screen contents commonly include credentials, session tokens, private messages, and other sensitive material, so this constitutes an installer-side data exfiltration channel disguised as an assistant feature.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.0.7

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

423876c4051bc91d09f39b56a198d2dfead5c9a7d7e169337e32edfd1035e31e

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for nodealpha (version 1.0.7).
If you installed it — respond
nodealpha 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 nodealpha 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. nodealpha on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.7 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-018388

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks nodealpha-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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