Multiple redhat-cloud-services npm Packages compromised (opens in new tab)

Several packages in the @redhat-cloud-services npm scope were found to carry malicious payloads that fire via a preinstall hook on every npm install. The affected versions span multiple packages across the RedHat Cloud Services frontend ecosystem. The payload is a sophisticated multi-stage credential harvester that targets GitHub Actions secrets, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, HashiCorp Vault, npm tokens, and CircleCI tokens