Which versions of vault-strategies are malicious?

The following npm versions of vault-strategies are flagged malicious: 999.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate vault-strategies if I installed it?

Remove vault-strategies 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 network activity or persistence. Use O3 Security's dependency scanner to confirm the package and its artifacts are fully purged across your stack.

Is vault-strategies part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — vault-strategies is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-006484 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

Can O3 Security detect vault-strategies in my codebase?

Yes. O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, blocking vault-strategies and packages like it before any post-install script runs.

Malicious package

vault-strategiesnpm

Malicious code in vault-strategies (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2026-5783

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall vault-strategies

What this malware does

On npm install, the package's preinstall hook (preinstall: node postinstall.js || true) executes postinstall.js, which enumerates process.env and filters keys with a broad credential regex (key|secret|token|pass|private|ssh|deploy|auth|api|rpc|wallet|sentry|docker|graph|slack|host), bundles the matched values together with hostname, username, cwd, and npm configuration, and POSTs the payload over HTTPS to the hardcoded bare IP 185.130.46.35:8443/collect. Errors are swallowed via || true and try/catch so the exfiltration is silent. The version is published as 999.0.0 with description Internal package — the canonical dependency-confusion shape, designed to be auto-resolved over an organization's private vault-strategies package and fire the credential-harvest payload at install time.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

999.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

6b7037d9efc65a0885cc000a92c46ea9bed2097d02c8fb2883ceaa3eb2fd5eeb

Frequently asked questions

No. vault-strategies on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 999.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-006484

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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