@finxsecdemo/utilsnpm
@finxsecdemo/utils is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11170) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @finxsecdemo/utils (npm)
What this malware does
The postinstall.js lifecycle script unconditionally issues an HTTPS GET and a DNS resolution against a hardcoded interact.sh/OAST subdomain (llhvrrffsffmousfvteqie2heq3c7rl55.oast.fun) on every install, reading os.hostname(), os.userInfo(), and process.env in the surrounding code. The beacon fires on npm install and reports the installer's source IP and DNS resolver IP to whoever owns the OAST token, giving them an enumeration list of hosts on which the package landed. The package's own main returns a formatCurrency string containing '[DEPENDENCY-CONFUSION-POC: this ran from the PUBLIC npm registry, not @finxsecdemo private packages]', which corrupts any consumer that displays formatted currency. Console framing as a 'dependency confusion PoC' is author-controlled labeling; the network callback and output corruption occur regardless.
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@finxsecdemo/utils' @ 1.0.2 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @finxsecdemo/utils (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @finxsecdemo/utils across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
@finxsecdemo/utils is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If @finxsecdemo/utils 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks @finxsecdemo/utils 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.
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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
- OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks @finxsecdemo/utils-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.