Which versions of oracle-redis are malicious?

The following npm versions of oracle-redis are flagged malicious: 5.11.3. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate oracle-redis if I installed it?

Remove oracle-redis from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

I already installed oracle-redis — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If oracle-redis 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 oracle-redis part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — oracle-redis is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-020298 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 oracle-redis across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for oracle-redis (version 5.11.3).

Malicious package

oracle-redisnpm

Advisory published Sep 22, 2026Updated Sep 22, 2026

oracle-redis is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16390) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 5.11.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in oracle-redis (npm)

MAL-2026-16390

Immediate action

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

npm uninstall oracle-redis

What this malware does

The package publishes as oracle-redis but ships a verbatim copy of the ioredis README, source tree, and repository URL (git://github.com/luin/ioredis.git), presenting itself as ioredis under a different name. The package.json declares two additional runtime dependencies that are not part of ioredis's real dependency set and are never imported anywhere in the shipped built/ source: redis-type-intel ^1.10.5 and pino-ulid ^2.12.2. Because they are ordinary dependencies with caret ranges, npm install oracle-redis resolves and installs those two packages (and their transitive graph) into the installer's node_modules, executing whatever lifecycle scripts they declare, even though nothing in the ioredis code being wrapped ever loads them. The combination of a name-squat lure over a popular library plus unused, caret-pinned extra dependencies is a dependency-delivery shape: the harm, if any, arrives through the transitive install of the extra names rather than through this tarball's own code.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

5.11.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

c800d0651330b1c1cd5d9c5cb2b6966eecefb2d2c28949d0670f485d820db3a6

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for oracle-redis (version 5.11.3).
If you installed it — respond
Remove oracle-redis from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If oracle-redis 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. oracle-redis on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 5.11.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-020298

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks oracle-redis-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

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