TC-2026-0024 · NPM · PACKAGE

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CanisterWorm campaign package targeting Web3/agent builders; fetches stage-2 payload from an immutable Internet Computer (ICP) smart contract canister.

Signed ledger verdict

TC-2026-0024
Known bad (exit 2) npm:[email protected]

IOC & scope: npm:[email protected] (CanisterWorm). Verified by human review and signed into the CC-BY 4.0 OSV v1.6.0 feed.

Recorded timestamp
2026-03-04
Canonical SHA-256
06a402ee0743b20b…
Local hook action
Block (exit 2)
01 8-Vector Capability X-Ray (ABOM) & OWASP Agentic Crosswalk

Deterministic capability profile and taxonomy mapping.

Every artifact in the threat.cafe ledger is profiled across eight execution vectors and mapped to the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications (ASI01-ASI10) and Agentic Skills & Tools (AST01-AST10).

8-Vector Capability X-Ray (ABOM)

  1. 1. Filesystem
    Sensitive paths touched: ~/.config/dfx/identity/*, ~/.ssh/*
  2. 2. Environment
    Variables harvested: DFX_IDENTITY_PEM, PRIVATE_KEY, MNEMONIC
  3. 3. Network
    Outbound egress domains: ic0.app (canister dead-drop)
  4. 4. Subprocess
    Process execution primitives: node scripts/init-canister.js
  5. 5. Lifecycle
    Install / startup hooks: postinstall
  6. 6. OAuth / MCP
    Declared scopes: None observed
  7. 7. Obfuscation
    Encoding / steganography: None observed
  8. 8. Provenance
    Attestation status: canisterworm_campaign

Governance & detector mapping

  1. OWASP Agentic ASI (2026): ASI04 (Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities), ASI05 (Unexpected Code Execution (RCE))
  2. OWASP Agentic AST (2026): AST01 (Malicious MCP Servers), AST04 (Covert Channel Exfiltration)
  3. Deterministic rules matched: RULE_04_INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK, RULE_05_PROMPT_EXFIL_SHELL

Version scoping & related records

  • No other versions of this package are currently listed on the board. Unlisted versions evaluate to unknown under local policy.yml.

Local CLI verification

$ threat-cafe-hook check "npm:[email protected]"
[threat.cafe] known_bad: npm:[email protected] (TC-2026-0024)
  Reason: CanisterWorm campaign package targeting Web3/agent builders; fetches stage-2 payload from 
  Source: https://socket.dev/blog (credited to Koi Security / Socket)

OSV v1.6.0 machine-readable record

Included in /feed.json under CC-BY 4.0 license and verified by /feed.json.sig.

{
  "schema_version": "1.6.0",
  "id": "TC-2026-0024",
  "modified": "2026-03-04T15:10:00Z",
  "published": "2026-03-04T15:10:00Z",
  "summary": "CanisterWorm campaign package targeting Web3/agent builders; fetches stage-2 payload from an immutable Internet Computer (ICP) smart contract canister.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "agent-kit-icp"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1.0.9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Koi Security / Socket",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://socket.dev/blog"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://threat.cafe/incidents/tc-2026-0024/"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "target": "npm:[email protected]",
    "kind": "package",
    "verdict": "known_bad",
    "ioc": "npm:[email protected] (CanisterWorm)",
    "artifact_sha256": "06a402ee0743b20bc9a440bd443006729f72917eba99f0d1b2f5924185fa89de",
    "owasp_asi": [
      "ASI04",
      "ASI05"
    ],
    "owasp_ast": [
      "AST01",
      "AST04"
    ],
    "rules_matched": [
      "RULE_04_INSTALL_LIFECYCLE_HOOK",
      "RULE_05_PROMPT_EXFIL_SHELL"
    ],
    "abom": {
      "fs_sensitive": [
        "~/.config/dfx/identity/*",
        "~/.ssh/*"
      ],
      "env_harvest": [
        "DFX_IDENTITY_PEM",
        "PRIVATE_KEY",
        "MNEMONIC"
      ],
      "net_egress": [
        "ic0.app (canister dead-drop)"
      ],
      "proc_exec": [
        "node scripts/init-canister.js"
      ],
      "install_hooks": [
        "postinstall"
      ],
      "oauth_scopes": [],
      "obfuscation": [],
      "provenance": "canisterworm_campaign"
    },
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "record_digest": "sha256:9c6d202decd0ad7f85c285013635b4ef31a95101d4d67c4d843fac64dc460cfb",
    "release_signature_url": "https://threat.cafe/feed.json.sig"
  }
}

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