MAL-2026-5967

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/cryptodao-config/MAL-2026-5967.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5967
Published
2026-06-17T03:45:31Z
Modified
2026-06-17T06:02:02.140061736Z
Summary
Malicious code in cryptodao-config (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (2b5f3b7ec6eecce3d891664f33660a1c612cdd3c6ac99ba52633ef77a2df543c)

On npm install, the postinstall hook runs node recon.js, which harvests installer-side secrets and POSTs them over HTTPS (with TLS certificate verification disabled) to two attacker-controlled collectors: webhook.site/d6d18927-e513-4df7-b019-58bfc64fe0dd and enqoojbegdvxj.x.pipedream.net. The payload (recon.js) reads a curated list of high-value environment variables — including AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, CI_JOB_TOKEN, CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD, GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN, SSH_PRIVATE_KEY, NPM_TOKEN, MNEMONIC, PRIVATE_KEY, DB_PASSWORD — reads multiple .env files (./.env, /app/.env, /home/gitlab-runner/.env, /root/.env) and filters lines matching /KEY|SECRET|TOKEN|PASS|PRIVATE|MNEMONIC/i, enumerates GitLab runner build directories (/builds, /home/gitlab-runner/builds/), and ships the resulting JSON to the two endpoints. The package is published at version 99.99.99 — the canonical dependency-confusion override version — and a comment in recon.js explicitly self-identifies as a 'CryptoDAO Dependency Confusion Reconnaissance Payload', confirming intent to be auto-installed by victim pipelines that maintain an internal cryptodao-config package.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (c9afe812a548e5d3b8158d3e359c37ec874e86c003476c8dc7b9de732113ca86)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cryptodao-config' @ 99.99.99 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "c9afe812a548e5d3b8158d3e359c37ec874e86c003476c8dc7b9de732113ca86",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-17T03:45:31Z",
            "versions": [
                "99.99.99"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-06-17T03:48:43.355918912Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "2b5f3b7ec6eecce3d891664f33660a1c612cdd3c6ac99ba52633ef77a2df543c",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-17T04:04:27Z",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006861",
            "versions": [
                "99.99.99"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-06-17T05:45:40.95749882Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / cryptodao-config

Package

Name
cryptodao-config
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/cryptodao-config

Affected ranges

Affected versions

99.*
99.99.99

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/cryptodao-config/MAL-2026-5967.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "3dd1f7827fe311d17f442e0af0fab46f3f1a938bb3409838536795fb1aa0f740",
            "tlsh": "e481c9f046f1623815622784541f1012917bf297f2a6bbf4b6dc023a0faa96045f6fef",
            "path": "recon.js"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "0d951aea6187f4e3fbde62c36c487fb5c89bcb82efc4528153efb5ca4408e031",
            "tlsh": "0ed0a7361d35bf2336dd1ea7983594052ab11f9f1141960803d7216842ed5b664ff359",
            "path": "package.json"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-5QLGL5zPrgxu+X+c3R7TmFA5ksGlLPfuwU2T7hOaMtCWo+4LRVn2yrGQ5xI8vdOqkwFSl48EzTZcjW+J/qgdTg==",
                "sha1": "0db084acdae4f09ba9bbf57ad51dc76402731a3e"
            },
            "filename": "cryptodao-config-99.99.99.tgz"
        }
    ]
}