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In September, a new breed of malware distributed via compromised Node Package Manager (npm) packages made headlines. It was dubbed “Shai-Hulud”, and we published an in-depth analysis of it in another post. Recently, a new version was discovered.

Shai Hulud 2.0 is a type of two-stage worm-like malware that spreads by compromising npm tokens to republish trusted packages with a malicious payload. More than 800 npm packages have been infected by this version of the worm.

According to our telemetry, the victims of this campaign include individuals and organizations worldwide, with most infections observed in Russia, India, Vietnam, Brazil, China, Türkiye, and France.

Technical analysis

When a developer installs an infected npm package, the setup_bun.js script runs during the preinstall stage, as specified in the modified package.json file.

Bootstrap script

The initial-stage script setup_bun.js is left intentionally unobfuscated and well documented to masquerade as a harmless tool for installing the legitimate Bun JavaScript runtime. It checks common installation paths for Bun and, if the runtime is missing, installs it from an official source in a platform-specific manner. This seemingly routine behavior conceals its true purpose: preparing the execution environment for later stages of the malware.

The installed Bun runtime then executes the second-stage payload, bun_environment.js, a 10MB malware script obfuscated with an obfuscate.io-like tool. This script is responsible for the main malicious activity.

Stealing credentials

Shai Hulud 2.0 is built to harvest secrets from  various environments. Upon execution, it immediately searches several sources for sensitive data, such as:

• GitHub secrets: the malware searches environment variables and the GitHub CLI configuration for values starting with ghp_ or gho_. It also creates a malicious workflow yml in victim repositories, which is then used to obtain GitHub Actions secrets.
• Cloud credentials: the malware searches for cloud credentials across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud by querying cloud instance metadata services and using official SDKs to enumerate credentials from environment variables and local configuration files.
• Local files: it downloads and runs the TruffleHog tool to aggressively scan the entire filesystem for credentials.

Then all the exfiltrated data is sent through the established communication channel, which we describe in more detail in the next section.

Data exfiltration through GitHub

To exfiltrate the stolen data, the malware sets up a communication channel via a public GitHub repository. For this purpose, it uses  the victim’s GitHub access token if found in environment variables and the GitHub CLI configuration.

After that, the malware creates a repository with a randomly generated 18-character name and a marker in its description. This repository then serves as a data storage to which all stolen credentials and system information are uploaded.

If the token is not found, the script attempts to obtain a previously stolen token from another victim by searching through GitHub repositories for those containing the text, “Sha1-Hulud: The Second Coming.” in the description.

Worm spreading across packages

For subsequent self-replication via embedding into npm packages, the script scans .npmrc configuration files in the home directory and the current directory in an attempt to find an npm registry authorization token.

If this is successful, it validates the token by sending a probe request to the npm /-/whoami API endpoint, after which the script retrieves a list of up to 100 packages maintained by the victim.

For each package, it injects the malicious files setup_bun.js and bun_environment.js via bundleAssets and updates the package configuration by setting setup_bun.js as a pre-installation script and incrementing the package version. The modified package is then published to the npm registry.

Destructive responses to failure

If the malware fails to obtain a valid npm token and is also unable to get a valid GitHub token, making data exfiltration impossible, it triggers a destructive payload that wipes user files, primarily those in the home directory.

Our solutions detect the family described here as HEUR:Worm.Script.Shulud.gen.

Since September of this year, Kaspersky has blocked over 1700 Shai Hulud 2.0 attacks on user machines. Of these, 18.5% affected users in Russia, 10.7% occurred in India, and 9.7% in Brazil.

TOP 10 countries and territories affected by Shai Hulud 2.0 attacks (download)
We continue tracking this malicious activity and provide up-to-date information to our customers via the Kaspersky Open Source Software Threats Data Feed. The feed includes all packages affected by Shai-Hulud, as well as information on other open-source components that exhibit malicious behaviour, contain backdoors, or include undeclared capabilities.

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All statistics in this report come from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a global cloud service that receives information from components in our security solutions voluntarily provided by Kaspersky users. Millions of Kaspersky users around the globe assist us in collecting information about malicious activity. The statistics in this report cover the period from November 2024 through October 2025. The report doesn’t cover mobile statistics, which we will share in our annual mobile malware report.

During the reporting period:

• 48% of Windows users and 29% of macOS users encountered cyberthreats
• 27% of all Kaspersky users encountered web threats, and 33% users were affected by on-device threats
• The highest share of users affected by web threats was in CIS (34%), and local threats were most often detected in Africa (41%)
• Kaspersky solutions prevented nearly 1,6 times more password stealer attacks than in the previous year
• In APAC password stealer detections saw a 132% surge compared to the previous year
• Kaspersky solutions detected 1,5 times more spyware attacks than in the previous year

To find more yearly statistics on cyberthreats view the full report.

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Shai-hulud 2.0 campaign features a sophisticated variant capable of stealing credentials and secrets from major cloud platforms and developer services, while automating the backdooring of NPM packages maintained by victims. Its advanced tactics enable rapid, stealthy propagation across the software supply chain, putting countless downstream users at risk.

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