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Malicious package

@bcryptln/becryptjsnpm

Advisory published Updated

@bcryptln/becryptjs is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10162) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious versions 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @bcryptln/becryptjs (npm)

MAL-2026-10162
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @bcryptln/becryptjs

What this malware does

Package @bcryptln/becryptjs impersonates the widely-used bcryptjs library (its own metadata still references the upstream dcodeIO/bcrypt.js project). The ESM entrypoint index.js contains a legitimate copy of bcryptjs followed by whitespace padding and an appended obfuscated block that runs unconditionally when a consumer does import '@bcryptln/becryptjs'. The trailing code hoists require, module, __dirname, and __filename onto globals, then uses two custom positional string-shuffle decoders with hardcoded numeric seeds to derive the identifier Function, constructs a runtime function from a decoded string, and invokes it. Because require is re-exposed to the constructed function, the payload has full CommonJS reach (fs, child_process, http, net) from within an ESM module. The CommonJS/UMD entrypoint (umd/index.js) is a clean copy of upstream with no payload — the malicious code is placed only on the import conditional export, targeting modern ESM consumers while keeping the require path benign to defeat diff-against-upstream review. The combination of name impersonation, hidden payload appended after whitespace padding, custom string-shuffle obfuscation whose only purpose is to hide Function and the payload body, dynamic code construction with re-exposed CommonJS primitives, and UMD/ESM split are jointly consistent with an intentional supply-chain trojan.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Malicious versions

4 flagged
3.0.83.0.93.0.103.0.11

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

187a8bc42e0b5b2b84a05196bf192df5cea272412f0f6c3dfb033e7a84efd12d
cb86f48a4b796f17dc1017a92153b88afce1f15690687eaa422162d9dd9f347d
dc61cae0736f2880d659ccadc0e57f0a6b555799721b71af48b68510c217f030
c147d5e0e65933eb8e957318dd7634d8f75812df1da9e4f51200b11e7845edf3
f8244513bd8790426bdf57be4fff97c078cef67ddbfe3bd10c0f794ac51a6ce0

Detection & response playbook

Typosquat
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @bcryptln/becryptjs (4 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @bcryptln/becryptjs is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove @bcryptln/becryptjs, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @bcryptln/becryptjs 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. @bcryptln/becryptjs on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-009688IN-MAL-2026-009686IN-MAL-2026-009687GHSA-9qhg-2wvw-j95cIN-MAL-2026-012997

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks @bcryptln/becryptjs-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.

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@bcryptln/becryptjs (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-10162 | O3 Security