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Bitwarden CLI Hijacked on npm: Bun-Staged Credential Stealer Targets Developers, GitHub Actions, and AI Tools

Published:

23 April 2026 at 15:23:35

Alert date:

23 April 2026 at 16:01:32

Source:

stepsecurity.io

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Supply Chain & Dependencies, Data Breach & Exfiltration, Ransomware & Malware

The official Bitwarden CLI package (@bitwarden/cli@2026.4.0) on npm was compromised with malicious code that installs a credential stealer targeting developer secrets, GitHub Actions, and AI tool configurations. The malware uses a preinstall hook to bootstrap the Bun JavaScript runtime and execute a 9.7 MB obfuscated payload. Stolen data is encrypted with AES-256-GCM and sent to audit.checkmarx.cx, a domain impersonating Checkmarx. When GitHub tokens are found, the malware injects malicious workflows into repositories to extract CI/CD secrets, creating a supply chain attack vector.

Technical details

Mitigation steps:

Affected products:

Bitwarden CLI
npm
GitHub Actions

Related links:

Related CVE's:

Related threat actors:

IOC's:

audit.checkmarx.cx, @bitwarden/cli@2026.4.0

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