vscode-designer-14npm
vscode-designer-14 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12497) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 14.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in vscode-designer-14 (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares a preinstall hook that runs index.js on npm install. index.js collects the installer's hostname, username, home directory, DNS server configuration, package metadata, and the contents of /etc/passwd and /etc/hosts, then POSTs the collected data over HTTPS to the hardcoded host slh4v8u1tz6gjo447tgf9rl3xu3mrcf1.oastify.com (a Burp Collaborator OAST subdomain). The package has no legitimate functionality that would justify reading local system files or beaconing host identifiers to an out-of-band interaction service; the shape matches a dependency-confusion / typosquat exfiltration beacon.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for vscode-designer-14 (version 14.0.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging vscode-designer-14 across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
vscode-designer-14 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 vscode-designer-14 was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks vscode-designer-14 before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks vscode-designer-14-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.