Researchers find packages in the @redhat-cloud-services npm namespace shipped malware that harvests credentials for GitHub Actions, AWS, GCP, Azure, and others (Rohan Prabhu/Step Security Blog)

Jun 01, 2026 - 19:30
Updated: 2 hours ago
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Malicious @redhat-cloud-services npm packages harvest credentials via preinstall hooks.

Rohan Prabhu / Step Security Blog:
Researchers find packages in the @redhat-cloud-services npm namespace shipped malware that harvests credentials for GitHub Actions, AWS, GCP, Azure, and others  —  Several packages in the @redhat-cloud-services npm scope were found to carry malicious payloads that fire via a preinstall hook on every npm install.

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