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Malicious package

wrangler-deploynpm

Advisory published Updated

wrangler-deploy is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5267) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.5.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in wrangler-deploy (npm)

MAL-2026-5267
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall wrangler-deploy

What this malware does

Package name wrangler-deploy is close to Cloudflare's official wrangler CLI, which raises confusion-risk concerns for developers who may install it expecting an official Cloudflare tool. Pattern-based signals fired on dist/cli/index.js, dist/core/dev-ui.js, dist/core/runtime.js, dist/core/sandbox-proxy.js, and dist/core/crypto.js based on co-occurrence of keywords like ping, POST/GET, Buffer.from(..., 'base64'), and hostname in minified/bundled code. These keyword patterns are consistent with a Wrangler-shaped CLI (HTTP requests to Cloudflare APIs, dev server, base64 token handling) but cannot be conclusively distinguished from exfiltration patterns without semantic verification of the bundled code. No specific attacker-controlled endpoint, credential-harvest path, install-time lifecycle hook, or dropper has been identified. Routing to human review to verify whether the package is a legitimate Cloudflare-adjacent tool, an unofficial deploy wrapper, or a name-confusion squat with hidden behavior in the minified bundles.

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.

The Miasma malware is a self-propagating worm that spreads across the npm registry by abusing weaponized binding.gyp files to achieve execution during package installation, bypassing security tools that only inspect package lifecycle scripts. Upon execution, the malware attempts to exfiltrate credentials and OIDC tokens for various cloud and registry services, and propagates by compromising other packages managed by the stolen accounts or committing backdoor files to GitHub repositories.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.5.5

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

a6c7977dbc054cdb7fe56da0d2fbd26e2a6fed695deb4263ccbf4adfedd86acb
0d2085fa4916157b99799df085aa11e3d29bdb9a47f5798c85375b1bfdf8bd7e
94e04300a988d25b3caa4e8d1fa8979ad25df0e05960e15ae9e4eeb18f174182

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for wrangler-deploy (version 1.5.5).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    wrangler-deploy 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If wrangler-deploy 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. wrangler-deploy on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.5.5 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-008651GHSA-5vmf-xjrj-jqhh

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks wrangler-deploy-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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