txs-runner-sdknpm
txs-runner-sdk is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14199) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in txs-runner-sdk (npm)
What this malware does
The package advertises itself as generating random transaction data, but its main API method getTransactions() invokes load_transaction_data(), which reads database.js (a JSON file whose records carry base64-encoded 'mark' fields), applies a per-character Caesar shift keyed by an item count, base64-decodes the concatenated result, and passes the resulting bytes to eval() inside a try/catch. The.js-suffixed data file, the double-encoded payload smuggled as product 'mark' fields, and the mismatch between the stated purpose (random data generation) and the presence of dynamic code execution together form a loader/dropper pattern: any consumer that calls the advertised API executes attacker-authored JavaScript in the calling process. Declared dependencies include axios and python-shell, consistent with a stager that fetches or spawns further payloads once the decoded code runs.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for txs-runner-sdk (version 1.0.1).
If you installed it — respond
Remove txs-runner-sdk 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 txs-runner-sdk 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 txs-runner-sdk-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.