StepSecurity(@step_security):🚨 Breaking: 31 npm packages from @RedHat have been compromised. 100,000+ weekly downloads affected. The upstream CI/CD pipeline was compromised, with all packages published via GitHub Actions OIDC. The payload: ⚠️ Reads GitHub Actions runner process memory to extract masked secrets ⚠️ Sweeps credentials across AWS, GCP, Azure, K8s, Vault, and npm ⚠️ Self-propagating worm that republishes backdoored packages using stolen npm tokens, bypassing 2FA ⚠️ Persists on dev machines via Claude Code settings hijack and VS Code task injection ⚠️ Exfiltrates data through GitHub API commits, blending in with normal git operations We have responsibly disclosed the incident to the maintainers. Full technical analysis:

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🚨 Breaking: 31 npm packages from @RedHat have been compromised. 100,000+ weekly downloads affected. The upstream CI/CD pipeline was compromised, with all packages published via GitHub Actions OIDC. The payload: ⚠️ Reads GitHub Actions runner process memory to extract masked secrets ⚠️ Sweeps credentials across AWS, GCP, Azure, K8s, Vault, and npm ⚠️ Self-propagating worm that republishes backdoored packages using stolen npm tokens, bypassing 2FA ⚠️ Persists on dev machines via Claude Code settings hijack and VS Code task injection ⚠️ Exfiltrates data through GitHub API commits, blending in with normal git operations We have responsibly disclosed the incident to the maintainers. Full technical analysis: