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Malicious package

sme-auth-corenpm

sme-auth-core is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12207) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 20.9.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in sme-auth-core (npm)

MAL-2026-12207
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall sme-auth-core

What this malware does

On require('sme-auth-core'), index.js loads init.js which platform-selects a URL and fetches an opaque binary from one of three string-obfuscated Cloudflare Workers hosts (oob-worker.cf103-070.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev, oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev), with a DNS-TXT chunked fallback assembled from tin.dl.well1.site, tina.dl.well1.site, ldr.dl.well1.site, win.dl.well1.site. The fetched bytes are written to /var/tmp or %TEMP% under disguised names (.cache<hex> on POSIX, dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe on Windows), chmod 0755'd, and spawned detached via /bin/sh -c or cmd.exe with.unref(). Hostnames are concealed via array-join splitting (e.g. ['oob-work','er.cf103','-070.workers.dev'].join('')), the fetch is TTL-gated to run roughly once per 5.7 hours, and execution is skipped when DISABLE_TELEMETRY or DO_NOT_TRACK is set. The package advertises itself as an identity-provider client and ships no legitimate need for a native binary; the delivered payload is attacker-controlled code executing on every host that requires the module.

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

1 flagged
20.9.2

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

d3d46bc99b3f8904f9d24bfac1600b245fe39af77d713acf1ee761bb57212f3c
a291e8380539541ecf0e5f19039c4ad197e6ceab0f09df3a0014b99ad8f12773

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for sme-auth-core (version 20.9.2). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging sme-auth-core across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove sme-auth-core 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If sme-auth-core 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks sme-auth-core 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. sme-auth-core on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 20.9.2 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-014628GHSA-prp3-9g6q-wp6v

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks sme-auth-core-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.

Explore

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