LWA-2026-12288 MAL-2026-16304 ↗ confirmed malware

@nimbusedge2/authxsas1@1.1.0

Malicious code in @nimbusedge2/authxsas1 (npm)

T1059.007 · JavaScriptT1552.005 · Cloud Instance Metadata APIT1041 · Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

Analysis

The preinstall hook queries the cloud instance metadata service (hxxp://169[.]254[.]169[.]254[.]nip[.]io/latest/meta-data/), which returns cloud IAM role credentials and instance identity, base64-encodes the response, and POSTs it to an external endpoint (hxxp://canarytokens[.]com/terms/7dc94zmd3so67n5vbz5bxmt7v/contact[.]php). The package ships no application code — only a package.json carrying this malicious install hook — so installing it executes the metadata-credential exfiltration.

analyzed by
Leitwacht
first seen
Sep 20, 2026, 08:18 PM
analyzed
Sep 20, 2026, 08:18 PM

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