Which versions of telemetry-metrics are malicious?

The following npm versions of telemetry-metrics are flagged malicious: 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.2.3, 0.2.4, 0.2.5. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate telemetry-metrics if I installed it?

telemetry-metrics is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove telemetry-metrics, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.

I already installed telemetry-metrics — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If telemetry-metrics 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.

Is telemetry-metrics part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — telemetry-metrics is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-010771, IN-MAL-2026-010903, IN-MAL-2026-014941, IN-MAL-2026-015796, IN-MAL-2026-018271 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find telemetry-metrics across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for telemetry-metrics (5 malicious versions).

Malicious package

telemetry-metricsnpm

Advisory published Jul 16, 2026Updated Aug 19, 2026

telemetry-metrics is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10750) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious versions 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.2.3…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in telemetry-metrics (npm)

MAL-2026-10750

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall telemetry-metrics

What this malware does

The package publishes as unscoped 'telemetry-metrics' while its README, repository, homepage, and bugs metadata all reference the legitimate @telemetry-js/telemetry project, and the bulk of the source is copied from that upstream. An added lib/plugin-options.js fetches https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThoSuperstarDev/axios-http/main/lib/env/axios.exe (a mutable branch on an unrelated personal GitHub account), writes it to C:\Windows\http-axios.exe via fs.writeFileSync, and executes it via child_process.execFile. The pluginOptions function is invoked from lib/task.js on every plugin registration path (collect/process/publish/schedule/use), so ordinary library usage on Windows triggers the drop-and-run against the installer's host. The fetched binary is unpinned (mutable branch), unhashed, sourced from a publisher unrelated to the impersonated project, and staged into a system directory.

Malicious versions

5 flagged

0.2.10.2.20.2.30.2.40.2.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

2cd215db682d2cc6eb6c9d4f5f704b66503762047ac210160f07559c07e93dea

1bb843a52a3b9144f4ab2f1233e2f48671524217cf93b7e16a85c9f5551dedb7

3ca5a92b8a793861df4d3480ffa064564909421659b72e6a9bb1f6af72847f55

98464f7aa81782713f6ddc5c715a283eca2df8df51fa99d92b0b8f57dc1ba2d4

be4febbe54278c23fb18c8e97653087f66402b132f45929f2a8c1ebc65693f26

Detection & response playbook

Typosquat

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for telemetry-metrics (5 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
telemetry-metrics is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove telemetry-metrics, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.
Did it already run?
If telemetry-metrics 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. telemetry-metrics on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.2.3, 0.2.4, 0.2.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-010771IN-MAL-2026-010903IN-MAL-2026-014941IN-MAL-2026-015796IN-MAL-2026-018271

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks telemetry-metrics-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.

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