CVE-2026-45321Malware in 42 @tanstack/* packages exfiltrates cloud credentials, GitHub tokens, and SSH keys

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Affected products (as reported)

References

• https://github.com/TanStack/router/security/advisories/GHSA-g7cv-rxg3-hmpx x_refsource_CONFIRM
• https://github.com/TanStack/router/issues/7383 x_refsource_MISC
• https://tanstack.com/blog/npm-supply-chain-compromise-postmortem x_refsource_MISC
• https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/mini-shai-hulud-is-back-a-self-spreading-supply-chain-attack-hits-the-npm-ecosystem x_refsource_MISC
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-45321 government-resource