# MAL-2026-10603: Malicious code in @public-for-cdao/token (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@public-for-cdao/token` (npm)
- **Published:** 17 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cvjj-96jr-345h

## What is MAL-2026-10603?

MAL-2026-10603 is a malicious package in @public-for-cdao/token, published on 17 Jun 2026. 

### Official description

The @public-for-cdao/token package is part of a dependency-confusion credential theft campaign. Its package.json declares a postinstall hook that runs node recon.js automatically during npm installation. The bundled recon.js is identical across six packages in the @public-for-cdao scope and has SHA-256 3dd1f7827fe311d17f442e0af0fab46f3f1a938bb3409838536795fb1aa0f740.

The script collects CI tokens, GitLab access tokens, SSH and deployment keys, AWS credentials, database and Redis passwords, private keys, cryptocurrency mnemonics and seed phrases, Docker and npm credentials, and Slack and Discord tokens from environment variables. It also searches common project, application, root, and CI-runner locations for .env files and extracts lines containing KEY, SECRET, TOKEN, PASS, PRIVATE, or MNEMONIC. The package name, version, hostname, and collected secrets are POSTed to a fixed webhook.site endpoint and a Pipedream endpoint with TLS certificate verification disabled.

Package `@public-for-cdao/token@99.99.99` is a dependency-confusion payload targeting an internal `@cdao/token` scope. `package.json` declares a `postinstall` hook that runs `node recon.js`, which on `npm install` collects host identity (`os.hostname()`, username, platform, cwd), iterates a large list of CI/CD and cloud credential environment variables (including `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`, `NPM_TOKEN`, `GITLAB_*` tokens, `PRIVATE_KEY`, `MNEMONIC`, `DB_PASSWORD`), reads `.env*` files at multiple paths and greps for KEY/SECRET/TOKEN/PASS/PRIVATE/MNEMONIC lines, and enumerates GitLab-runner build directories under `/builds/`, `/home/gitlab-runner/builds/`, and `/var/lib/gitlab-runner/`. The collected data is JSON-serialized and POSTed over HTTPS with `rejectUnauthorized:false` to two attacker-controlled endpoints: `webhook.site/d6d18927-e513-4df7-b019-58bfc64fe0dd` and `enqoojbegdvxj.x.pipedream.net`. The version `99.99.99` and mismatched public scope are consistent with attempting to preempt resolution of an internal package of the same base name.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10603?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-10603 is a malicious package: @public-for-cdao/token (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10603/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10603/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10603

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