siriusbeyondnpm
Advisory published Updated
siriusbeyond is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16343) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in siriusbeyond (npm)
What this malware does
package.json wires callback.js to both the preinstall and postinstall lifecycle hooks, so npm install siriusbeyond executes it automatically. callback.js collects hostname, username, platform, cwd, home directory, uid/gid/pid, network interface details, CI/cloud environment indicators, and a list of process.env variable names matching approximately 35 credential-shaped regexes (token, secret, key, password, aws, azure, gcp, npm, git, ssh, jwt, database, stripe, slack, discord, webhook, etc.), together with existence checks for.env,.npmrc, credentials, and secrets.json in the working directory. The collected payload is POSTed to api.telegram.org using a hardcoded bot token and chat id (chat 1064260758). A secondary channel base64-encodes a JSON blob of host, user, and CI fields and issues a dns.resolve() against <base64>.dc-callback.example.com, providing a DNS-tunnel exfil path when outbound HTTPS is blocked. Even though variable values are not sent, the disclosed variable names and credential-file inventory identify which secrets the installer holds and enable targeted follow-on attack.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for siriusbeyond (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
siriusbeyond 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 siriusbeyond 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 siriusbeyond-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.