MalwarePublished 11 Nov 2025

budi-empal93-sluey (npm) · Malicious Code

Affects budi-empal93-slueySource GCVE Database

Malicious package : remove budi-empal93-sluey and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.

Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 22:50 UTC

Classification

Malicious package

Published to npm · OSV MAL-2025-132309

What to do

Remove budi-empal93-sluey from every project, lockfile and image that pulls it in. Treat any host that installed it as compromised: rotate the credentials, tokens and keys it could read, from a clean machine.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
npmbudi-empal93-sluey	Affected–	Fixed in–

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Description

The npm package 'budi-empal93-sluey' is part of a malicious campaign linked to tea.xyz token rewards. It contains autopublish scripts that automatically generate and publish derivative packages with randomized names. These scripts modify package.json files to remove private flags and change version numbers, enabling continuous republishing of variants. The campaign aims to inflate developer reputation scores and pollute the npm registry with numerous malicious or spam packages.

Impact

The malicious package pollutes the npm registry with numerous derivative packages, potentially misleading developers and automated systems relying on npm metadata. It manipulates developer reputation scores within the tea protocol token reward system, which may undermine trust in package authenticity and reputation metrics. There is no indication of direct exploitation or compromise of user systems beyond registry pollution and reputation manipulation.

Defensive guidance

Users and maintainers should avoid installing or depending on packages related to the tea.xyz token reward campaign, including 'budi-empal93-sluey'. Registry maintainers should consider removing or blocking these autopublished derivative packages to prevent further pollution. Monitoring for and removing packages exhibiting similar autopublish behaviors is recommended.

Summary

This threat involves the 'budi-empal93-sluey' npm package, which is associated with the tea.xyz token reward campaign. The package includes autopublish scripts (such as auto.js and autopublish.js) that automate the creation and publication of derivative npm packages with randomized Indonesian-themed or English names. The malicious payload alters package.json files by removing private flags and incrementing version numbers, facilitating repeated publication of these variants. The objective is to flood the npm registry with these packages to manipulate developer reputation scores for tea protocol tokens and degrade the ecosystem's integrity.

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