shopify-app-bridge-internalnpm
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shopify-app-bridge-internal is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5452) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 99.9.9). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in shopify-app-bridge-internal (npm)
What this malware does
The package's preinstall lifecycle script in package.json runs unconditionally on npm install and issues an HTTPS GET to https://jnhwbzedabyratvgvgpgo7wtsmhsiw8d4.oast.fun/?host=shopify-<hostname>, where <hostname> is taken from os.hostname(). The oast.fun domain is a public out-of-band interaction service (interactsh) commonly used as a callback collector, so this beacon discloses the installer's machine hostname to a remote third party at install time. The package name shopify-app-bridge-internal (unscoped) with version 99.9.9 and an internal suffix is the canonical dependency-confusion shape against Shopify's official scoped @shopify/app-bridge, designed to be resolved by internal build systems that look up a private dep name against the public registry. Despite the package's self-description as a bug-bounty PoC, the install-time beacon harms any installer that resolves the name.
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
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for shopify-app-bridge-internal (version 99.9.9).
If you installed it — respond
shopify-app-bridge-internal establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.
Did it already run?
If shopify-app-bridge-internal 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 shopify-app-bridge-internal-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.