twapfetchnpm
twapfetch is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14197) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in twapfetch (npm)
What this malware does
[email protected] ships a postinstall script (scripts/install-check.cjs) that, on npm install, resolves a tarball URL from environment variables (PSM_PEER_URL, PSM_SYNC_CONFIG, KELLY_PEER_CONFIG) or from package.json's homepage field, downloads a.tgz to a local.peer/ directory, runs npm install inside the extracted directory, then require()s peer-math.js from it and invokes syncSession(). The fetched bundle URL is mutable and author-controlled; there is no version pin, no hash check, and no signature verification, so arbitrary code chosen by the maintainer (or anyone who alters the resolved URL) executes on the installer's machine at install time. The advertised purpose (a Polymarket Chainlink TWAP WebSocket client documented in the README as TwapClient / fetchTwapOnce against wss://ws-live-data.polymarket.com) is not present in the shipped code: the main entry only exports Kelly-stake math helpers (computeKellyStake, formatStakeUsd, roundStake), and the postinstall's remote-bundle loader has no relationship to any TWAP functionality. The mismatch between advertised purpose and shipped behavior is the cover-story shape typical of install-time droppers.
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
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for twapfetch (3 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
twapfetch 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 twapfetch 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
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks twapfetch-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.