MalwarePublished 10 Nov 2025

citra-rujak98-breki (npm) · Malicious Code

Affects citra-rujak98-brekiSource GCVE Database

Malicious package : remove citra-rujak98-breki and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 07:52 UTC

Classification

Malicious package

Published to npm · OSV MAL-2025-51448

What to do

Remove citra-rujak98-breki 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
npmcitra-rujak98-breki	Affected–	Fixed in–

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Description

The npm package citra-rujak98-breki contains malicious code linked to a large-scale spam campaign associated with the tea.xyz token rewards. This campaign involves over 15,000 spam packages that use autopublish scripts to generate and publish numerous derivative packages with randomized Indonesian-themed names. The malicious payload modifies package metadata to remove privacy flags, alter version numbers, and continuously republish variants, thereby polluting the npm registry and inflating developer reputation scores.

Impact

This malicious package campaign pollutes the npm registry with numerous spam packages, potentially degrading the quality and trustworthiness of the npm ecosystem. It manipulates package metadata to bypass privacy controls and repeatedly publishes variants, which can mislead users and automated systems relying on package reputation. There is no indication of direct exploitation or compromise of user systems, but the integrity of the npm package ecosystem is impacted.

Defensive guidance

Users and maintainers should avoid installing or depending on the citra-rujak98-breki package and related spam packages. Registry maintainers and security teams should monitor and remove such spam packages to maintain ecosystem integrity. Since this is a malicious package rather than a software vulnerability, remediation involves blocking and removing the package rather than patching.

Summary

The package citra-rujak98-breki is part of a widespread npm spam campaign flooding the registry with over 15,000 packages in 2024. These packages include autopublish scripts (such as auto.js and autopublish.js variants) that automatically create and publish derivative packages with randomized names. The malicious code modifies package.json files by removing private flags and changing version numbers to enable continuous republishing. This activity aims to manipulate developer reputation scores for the tea.xyz token reward system and causes registry pollution.

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