unemployed_xerinae-toolteadev

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.4.4`

Part of a self-republishing campaign: the package ships auto.js, which in a loop gives the package a new random name, rewrites package.json and runs `npm publish` to publish the package again under the new name. Self-replicating publication is the propagation step of a registry worm and fills the registry with copies. Version examined: 1.4.4; tarball SHA-256 d7a004f21796f6884acc016de74cb95c0db3e7e8b5220b38b15cf40befdadaa0.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/96784445b5d8dfec9ef357a890e7db920b562f09/osv/malicious/npm/unemployed_xerinae-toolteadev/MAL-2026-18667.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/96784445b5d8dfec9ef357a890e7db920b562f09/osv/malicious/npm/unemployed_xerinae-toolteadev/MAL-2026-18667.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c9vc-x2gg-hw32

Compromised versions (1)

• = 1.4.4

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.