On 2026-05-11, between approximately 19:20 and 19:26 UTC, 84 malicious versions across 42 @tanstack/* packages were published to the npm registry. The publishes were authenticated via the legitimate GitHub Actions OIDC trusted-publisher binding for TanStack/router, but the publish workflow itself was not modified. The attacker chained three known vulnerability classes — a pull_request_target "Pwn Request" misconfiguration, GitHub Actions cache poisoning across the fork↔base trust boundary, and runtime memory extraction of the OIDC token from the Actions runner process — to publish credential-stealing malware under a trusted identity. Each affected package received exactly two malicious versions, published a few minutes apart.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-g7cv-rxg3-hmpx Malware in @tanstack/* packages exfiltrates cloud credentials, GitHub tokens, and SSH keys
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Tue, 12 May 2026 01:15:00 +0000

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Description On 2026-05-11, between approximately 19:20 and 19:26 UTC, 84 malicious versions across 42 @tanstack/* packages were published to the npm registry. The publishes were authenticated via the legitimate GitHub Actions OIDC trusted-publisher binding for TanStack/router, but the publish workflow itself was not modified. The attacker chained three known vulnerability classes — a pull_request_target "Pwn Request" misconfiguration, GitHub Actions cache poisoning across the fork↔base trust boundary, and runtime memory extraction of the OIDC token from the Actions runner process — to publish credential-stealing malware under a trusted identity. Each affected package received exactly two malicious versions, published a few minutes apart.
Title Malware in 42 @tanstack/* packages exfiltrates cloud credentials, GitHub tokens, and SSH keys
Weaknesses CWE-506
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T00:12:35.452Z

Reserved: 2026-05-11T20:50:30.539Z

Link: CVE-2026-45321

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-12T01:16:46.820

Modified: 2026-05-12T01:16:46.820

Link: CVE-2026-45321

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Updated: 2026-05-12T02:30:05Z

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