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Mini Shai-Hulud Is Back: NPM Worm Hits over 160 Packages, Including Mistral

The Mini Shai-Hulud npm worm campaign has expanded dramatically, now affecting 373 malicious package-version entries across 169 package names including TanStack and Mistral. The malware steals credentials from developer machines and CI/CD runners, and uses trusted publishing paths to propagate.

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Mini Shai-Hulud Is Back: NPM Worm Hits over 160 Packages, Including Mistral
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  • Campaign escalated from SAP packages to 169 package names including @tanstack, @mistralai, @uipath
  • Malware uses GitHub-hosted optional dependencies with prepare scripts to execute payload
  • Targets GitHub tokens, npm tokens, cloud credentials, and OIDC tokens for propagation
  • Provenance from trusted publishing does not guarantee build safety

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