cryptodao-config
This report shows the evidence for cryptodao-config@99.99.99, the only known version.
This package appears in our research on the dependency confusion probes at version 99 and above, with how it works, the full package list and what to do if you installed it.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-5967 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-5967
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in cryptodao-config (npm)
Details
On `npm install`, the postinstall hook runs `node recon.js`, which harvests installer-side secrets and POSTs them over HTTPS (with TLS certificate verification disabled) to two attacker-controlled collectors: `webhook.site/d6d18927-e513-4df7-b019-58bfc64fe0dd` and `enqoojbegdvxj.x.pipedream.net`. The payload (recon.js) reads a curated list of high-value environment variables — including `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`, `CI_JOB_TOKEN`, `CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD`, `GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN`, `SSH_PRIVATE_KEY`, `NPM_TOKEN`, `MNEMONIC`, `PRIVATE_KEY`, `DB_PASSWORD` — reads multiple `.env` files (`./.env`, `/app/.env`, `/home/gitlab-runner/.env`, `/root/.env`) and filters lines matching `/KEY|SECRET|TOKEN|PASS|PRIVATE|MNEMONIC/i`, enumerates GitLab runner build directories (`/builds`, `/home/gitlab-runner/builds/`), and ships the resulting JSON to the two endpoints. The package is published at version `99.99.99` — the canonical dependency-confusion override version — and a comment in recon.js explicitly self-identifies as a 'CryptoDAO Dependency Confusion Reconnaissance Payload', confirming intent to be auto-installed by victim pipelines that maintain an internal `cryptodao-config` package.
## Source: ossf-package-analysis (c9afe812a548e5d3b8158d3e359c37ec874e86c003476c8dc7b9de732113ca86) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'cryptodao-config' @ 99.99.99 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
References
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to cryptodao-config@99.99.99.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing cryptodao-config@99.99.99. 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.
Evidence last updated: .
Source advisory published: .
This report uses published external intelligence. The advisory does not provide a separate source-code analysis for each listed version.
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