{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "@redhat-cloud-services/insights-client"
      },
      "versions": [
        "4.0.4",
        "4.0.5",
        "4.0.7"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://safedep.io"
      ],
      "name": "SafeDep",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": null
  },
  "details": "Part of the \"Mini Shai-Hulud\" supply chain worm campaign that compromised the GitHub Actions OIDC trusted publisher shared by Red Hat Cloud Services npm packages. The attacker injected a `preinstall` hook into this and 31 other packages in the `@redhat-cloud-services` scope. The hook delivers a three-layer obfuscated payload (ROT-9 Caesar cipher over a 1.27M-entry character-code array -\u003e AES-128-GCM decryption with hardcoded keys -\u003e stacked obfuscator.io encoding with PBKDF2+SHA-256 keystream S-box substitution) that downloads a pinned Bun runtime (v1.3.13) from GitHub to execute the worm outside the victim\u0027s Node installation.\n\n**Credential theft:** Harvests AWS credentials (IMDS, ECS, Secrets Manager, SSM), Azure managed identities, GCP service account tokens, HashiCorp Vault tokens, Kubernetes service account tokens (`/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token`), GitHub PATs, npm publish tokens, environment variables from ~40 CI platforms (CircleCI, Travis CI, Jenkins, and others), password manager stores (Bitwarden, gopass), and local files (`~/.npmrc`, `~/.netrc`, shell history, database history). Collected data is exfiltrated to attacker-controlled public GitHub repositories.\n\n**Privilege escalation:** Exploits Docker socket access to escape containers and modify `/etc/sudoers.d`, granting passwordless sudo to CI runner user accounts.\n\n**Self-propagation:** Uses stolen npm credentials to republish tampered tarballs of target packages. Injects a malicious CodeQL workflow into accessible GitHub repositories via the GraphQL `createCommitOnBranch` mutation, exchanges GitHub Actions OIDC tokens for npm publish tokens, and signs the resulting artifacts through Sigstore (Fulcio/Rekor) to appear legitimate.\n\n**Persistence and evasion:** Installs a daemon at `/tmp/kitty-\u003crandom\u003e`, hijacks `.claude/settings.json` for AI agent persistence, and hijacks `.vscode/tasks.json` for editor task execution. Detects sandbox environments via `__FAKE_PLATFORM__`, `TESTING_TAR_FAKE_PLATFORM__`, and `__IS_DAEMON` environment variables, and probes for EDR tools (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Carbon Black, StepSecurity Harden-Runner).",
  "id": "MAL-2026-5142",
  "modified": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
  "published": "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://safedep.io/redhat-cloud-services-hit-by-mini-shai-hulud-npm-worm/"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in @redhat-cloud-services/insights-client (npm)"
}