pewter-constantstestnpm
Malicious code in pewter-constantstest (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
What this malware does
On npm install, the preinstall script callback.js collects the installer's hostname, OS username, current working directory, npm registry configuration, and CI repository identifiers from a broad list of CI environment variables (GITHUB_REPOSITORY, CI_PROJECT_PATH, BUILD_REPOSITORY_NAME, BITBUCKET_REPO_FULL_NAME, TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG, DRONE_REPO, BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG, CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME, JOB_NAME) and transmits them via plaintext HTTP GET to the hardcoded bare IP http://75.119.137.232:31337/depconfuse. The package has no functional surface: index.js exports an empty object, the description is the generic Shared utility helpers., the README is 48 bytes, and the version is 9999.0.0 — the canonical dependency-confusion override version designed to win resolution against an internal package of the same name. The package exists solely to fire the beacon when an organization accidentally resolves this public name in place of a private/internal package, leaking the victim's identity and internal repo names to the attacker for follow-on targeting.
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for pewter-constantstest (version 9999.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging pewter-constantstest across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
pewter-constantstest 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 pewter-constantstest was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks pewter-constantstest before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks pewter-constantstest-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.