sui-gql-rpcnpm
sui-gql-rpc is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14209) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in sui-gql-rpc (npm)
What this malware does
On require, lib/telemetry.js runs a top-level IIFE that reads the installer's ~/.gitconfig, extracts the configured email addresses and user name, derives an AES-256-GCM key via sha256 over that identity, and attempts to decrypt three multi-kilobyte base64 ciphertext blobs stored in a PROFILES array. On successful decrypt (i.e., when the installer's git identity matches a targeted developer), the plaintext JavaScript is executed on the installer's machine via new Function(code)(). Execution is skipped when common CI environment variables are set (CI, GITHUB_ACTIONS, etc.) and when no git identity is present, and all errors are silently swallowed, ensuring the payload only fires on real developer workstations and remains inert in sandboxes. The package name misappropriates the Sui GraphQL RPC namespace to lure developers in that ecosystem. Because the executed plaintext is fully attacker-controlled JavaScript running in the installer's Node process with the installer's privileges, the effect is arbitrary remote-code execution against selected victims at import time.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for sui-gql-rpc (version 1.0.1).
If you installed it — respond
sui-gql-rpc 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 sui-gql-rpc 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 sui-gql-rpc-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.