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Malicious package

test89-authnpm

Advisory published Updated

test89-auth is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16288) 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 test89-auth (npm)

MAL-2026-16288
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall test89-auth

What this malware does

[email protected] runs node index.js from its preinstall lifecycle hook. On npm install, index.js collects host identity (hostname, whoami, id, uname -a, pwd) and recursively lists filesystem roots /, /home, /opt, /var/www, and /tmp to depth 2, base64-encodes the aggregated output, and exfiltrates it as chunked nslookup DNS queries to the hardcoded subdomain dfwstre3dgnrhwm2bvkczgucc3iv6lua.oastify.com (a Burp Collaborator interaction host controlled by whoever generated the subdomain). The package's own package.json additionally declares itself as a dependency ("test89-auth": "^1.0.1"), an anomalous self-referential shape consistent with red-team/PoC scaffolding. There is no legitimate functionality corresponding to the advertised auth purpose; the entire install-time behavior is host reconnaissance and filesystem enumeration exfiltrated off-host.

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
1.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

b9804ac60d32539c7ecd5210ee4b28205acbe8a9e10ac0187d836a0bab36fc7d
c2b8794dc6672c38596cd891ce414dc2bce8c9db38cd8e08afc51b411415639e

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for test89-auth (version 1.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    test89-auth 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If test89-auth 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. test89-auth on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-7868-hxr7-g8r6IN-MAL-2026-020185

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks test89-auth-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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