Worm Compromises npm's keyv Package and Eight Other Organisations
r/programming (Top) · August 4, 2026
curated by Sönke
A worm spread an identical credential stealer through nine unrelated npm organisations within roughly 30 minutes, hitting keyv and cacheable packages among others. Affected packages include authentication libraries, and a dead-man switch fires when stolen GitHub tokens are revoked, making credential rotation risky without prior cleanup.
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