stretchshopnpm
stretchshop is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13460) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 0.7.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in stretchshop (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares a postinstall hook that runs node demo/demo.js base, which shell-invokes git clone https://github.com/Wradgio/StretchShop-demo-data.git at mutable HEAD (no commit SHA, no tag, no integrity check) and then childProcess.forks db/demo_data.js from the freshly cloned tree. The cloned repository is owned by the personal GitHub account Wradgio, which does not match the package's publisher scope StretchShop. Whoever controls that GitHub account can push arbitrary JavaScript to the default branch and have it executed on every fresh top-level install of [email protected].
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for stretchshop (version 0.7.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging stretchshop across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove stretchshop 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 stretchshop 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 stretchshop 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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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks stretchshop-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.