# MAL-2026-6256: Malicious code in @withgoogle/stitch-sdk (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `@withgoogle/stitch-sdk` (npm)
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c9hc-fqm6-wjj7

## What is MAL-2026-6256?

MAL-2026-6256 is a malicious package in @withgoogle/stitch-sdk, published on 20 Jun 2026. 

### Official description

@withgoogle/stitch-sdk is a scope-squatting package on npm that impersonates Google's Stitch AI design tool SDK. The attacker registered the @withgoogle scope to mimic Google's withgoogle.com domain and published versions 0.1.1 and 0.1.2 under the account maximus-mcmillan on June 19, 2026. The package runs a credential harvester from a preinstall hook (scripts/preinstall.js) and an identical CLI binary (bin/cli.js). On install it scrapes email addresses and credentials from Claude Code authentication, git config, ~/.git-credentials, ~/.ssh/*.pub, the GitHub CLI, ~/.npmrc, and ~/.docker/config.json, then exfiltrates them to https://stitch-production.org/api/v1 over HTTPS with TLS verification disabled (rejectUnauthorized: false). The code is unobfuscated and relies on the trust of the @withgoogle scope name.

Package is published under the @withgoogle npm scope but the package.json author is 'Maximus McMillan' with repository github.com/maximus-mcmillan/stitch-sdk — there is no Google affiliation. scripts/preinstall.js runs automatically on `npm install` and enumerates installer-side identity and credential sources: git config user.email (--global/--system), ~/.gitconfig, ~/.config/git/config, ~/.git-credentials (which stores plaintext https://user:token@host entries), ~/.ssh/*.pub, `gh api user`, `claude auth status`, `npm config get email`, ~/.npmrc (npm auth tokens), and ~/.docker/config.json (registry auth). The harvested values are HTTP-GET'd to https://stitch-production.org/api/v1?src=...&user=... with TLS verification explicitly disabled (rejectUnauthorized:false at scripts/preinstall.js:46) to ensure delivery. The hardcoded C2 base URL is at scripts/preinstall.js:26 (`const STITCH_SERVER_BASE = 'https://stitch-production.org/api/v1'`). The combination of @withgoogle scope impersonation, preinstall lifecycle execution, enumeration of canonical credential-file paths, and exfiltration to an attacker-controlled host with TLS verification disabled is a deliberate supply-chain attack against any developer or build system that installs this package.

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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-6256?

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-2026-6256 is a malicious package: @withgoogle/stitch-sdk (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-2026-6256/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6256/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6256

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-6256/
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