tipsen-poc-againnpm
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tipsen-poc-again is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10393) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in tipsen-poc-again (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares its sole runtime dependency safe-chain-test as an HTTPS tarball URL pointing at a trycloudflare.com quick-tunnel host (https://dominant-vary-ran-americas.trycloudflare.com/safe-chain-test-1.0.0.tgz). trycloudflare quick-tunnel hosts are anonymous, ephemeral, publisher-unattributable, and fully mutable — the operator can serve arbitrary bytes to any installer at any time, and the bytes are not subject to npm registry scanning. On npm install, npm fetches this tarball and installs it into the dependency tree; whatever lifecycle scripts or top-level code the current tarball contains will execute on the installer's machine. This is a transitive code-delivery channel routed through an attacker-controlled hop that bypasses registry integrity controls.
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
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tipsen-poc-again (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove tipsen-poc-again 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 tipsen-poc-again 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 tipsen-poc-again-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.