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mcp-useMAL-2025-190868

Malicious code in @mcp-use/inspector (npm)

mcp-use

Published Nov 24, 2025 · updated Nov 26, 2025

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Source: amazon-inspector (062fd62b0f62dafc3c8ee95640853f3b8b82191ac8ed44df47b0f944e514ebc5)

The package @mcp-use/inspector was found to contain malicious code.

Source: google-open-source-security (cfebb41bfaba80929823f7af641271e4d11c946921636211a86b88976a01af6a)

This package was compromised by the Sha1-Hulud: The Second Coming NPM worm.

The malicious payload steals tokens and credentials and publishes them to

GitHub. The worm will propogate itself to NPM packages the user owns and

establish persistence is a GitHub action.

The package may also destroy the user's home directory.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
@mcp-use/inspector
npm
<= 0.6.3No fix yet
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