# MAL-2026-5970: Malicious code in cryptodao-types (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `cryptodao-types` (npm)
- **Published:** 17 Jun 2026

## What is MAL-2026-5970?

MAL-2026-5970 is a malicious package in cryptodao-types, published on 17 Jun 2026. 

### Official description

On `npm install`, the package's postinstall script (recon.js) harvests installer-side secrets and POSTs them to attacker-controlled webhook endpoints. The script collects hostname, username, cwd, and roughly 40 named environment variables including AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, NPM_TOKEN, GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN, SSH_PRIVATE_KEY, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC, SEED_PHRASE, and DB_PASSWORD. It also reads `.env` and `.env.production` files from the current working directory, parent directories, `/`, `/app`, and `/root`, and enumerates `/builds` and gitlab-runner directories. The collected payload is then sent via HTTPS to `webhook.site/d6d18927-e513-4df7-b019-58bfc64fe0dd` and `enqoojbegdvxj.x.pipedream.net` with `rejectUnauthorized: false` to bypass TLS-inspecting corporate proxies. The package name combined with version 99.99.99 and the internal-sounding description is consistent with a dependency-confusion attack targeting an organization's internal CI builds.

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

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-5970?

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-2026-5970 is a malicious package: cryptodao-types (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-2026-5970/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-5970/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-5970

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