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Malicious package

@bcryptln/becryptjsnpm

Malicious code in @bcryptln/becryptjs (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

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.

Malicious versions

3 flagged
3.0.83.0.103.0.11

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

187a8bc42e0b5b2b84a05196bf192df5cea272412f0f6c3dfb033e7a84efd12d
cb86f48a4b796f17dc1017a92153b88afce1f15690687eaa422162d9dd9f347d
dc61cae0736f2880d659ccadc0e57f0a6b555799721b71af48b68510c217f030

Detection & response playbook

Typosquat
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @bcryptln/becryptjs (3 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @bcryptln/becryptjs across your stack and pipelines.

  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 ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks @bcryptln/becryptjs before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.

Frequently asked questions

No. @bcryptln/becryptjs on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 3.0.8, 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-2026-009687

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.