Mapping the Exploitation Surface: A 10,000-Trial Taxonomy of What Makes LLM Agents Exploit Vulnerabilities

LLM agents with tool access can discover and exploit security vulnerabilities. This is known. What is not known is which features of a system prompt trigger this behaviour, and which do not. We present a systematic taxonomy based on approximately 10,000 trials across seven models, 37 prompt...

MAL-2026-2452 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-blurhash (npm)

strapi-plugin-blurhash is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network topolog...

MAL-2026-2450 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-advanced-uuid (npm)

strapi-plugin-advanced-uuid is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

Malicious code in strapi-plugin-guardarian-ext (npm)

strapi-plugin-guardarian-ext is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

MAL-2026-2463 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-guardarian-ext (npm)

strapi-plugin-guardarian-ext is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

Malicious code in strapi-plugin-health-check (npm)

strapi-plugin-health-check is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

MAL-2026-2465 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-health-check (npm)

strapi-plugin-health-check is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

Malicious code in strapi-plugin-debug-tools (npm)

strapi-plugin-debug-tools is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

MAL-2026-2459 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-debug-tools (npm)

strapi-plugin-debug-tools is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

Malicious code in strapi-plugin-content-sync (npm)

strapi-plugin-content-sync is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

Malicious code in strapi-plugin-cms-tools (npm)

strapi-plugin-cms-tools is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

Malicious code in strapi-plugin-finseven (npm)

strapi-plugin-finseven is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network topolog...

MAL-2026-2461 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-finseven (npm)

strapi-plugin-finseven is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network topolog...

Malicious code in strapi-plugin-nordica (npm)

strapi-plugin-nordica is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network topology...

MAL-2026-2471 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-nordica (npm)

strapi-plugin-nordica is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network topology...

MAL-2026-2480 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-nordica-vhost (npm)

strapi-plugin-nordica-vhost is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

MAL-2026-2477 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-nordica-stage (npm)

strapi-plugin-nordica-stage is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

MAL-2026-2476 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-nordica-recon (npm)

strapi-plugin-nordica-recon is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

MAL-2026-2472 Malicious code in strapi-plugin-nordica-api (npm)

strapi-plugin-nordica-api is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...

Malicious code in strapi-plugin-nordica-api (npm)

strapi-plugin-nordica-api is a malicious npm package disguised as a Strapi CMS plugin. On install, it runs a postinstall script that executes an 11-phase attack: stealing .env files, environment variables, Strapi configuration, private keys, Redis data, Docker/Kubernetes secrets, and network...