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Malicious package

ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscribernpm

Advisory published Updated

ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15545) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 45.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber (npm)

MAL-2026-15545
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber

What this malware does

package.json line 11 declares a dependency whose key equals the package's own name (ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber) and whose value is a bare HTTPS URL to a non-registry host: https://repo.securityctrl.com/ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber. On npm install, npm fetches whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it, running any lifecycle scripts contained in it, with no version pin, no integrity hash, and no signature check. The shipped index.js is an inert stub, so the manifest itself is the entire delivery mechanism: control of repo.securityctrl.com equals code execution on the installer's machine. The self-name dependency-confusion shape (dependency key equals the package's own name, implausibly high version 45.0.0) is consistent with an attempt to win resolution against an internal package of the same name.

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
45.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

6066e87b7b0822678d3514839bc7eba18d46ff1d034c12ea169f4c3513df132b
8508ce9c4cb39fb152e59f1ccd62e92f910b37d8a7b4b25b8e62cc768886e1bc
b89d14c732eda74cf12eb61c1ba1b840d2b704166f6134ee0b887c8530f4dca5

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber (version 45.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber 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. ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 45.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-019099GHSA-5v45-27j3-r52fRLMA-2026-10807

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber-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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ux-metrics-client-interaction-subscriber (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-15545 | O3 Security