@redman89405/my-modulenpm
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@redman89405/my-module is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17336) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.1.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @redman89405/my-module (npm)
What this malware does
The package ships code.png alongside index.js and exports a function imageToCode that reads a length-prefixed byte stream from the first pixel row of the PNG and passes the decoded string to Function(...)(), an eval-equivalent sink. The executable content is hidden inside an image asset rather than present as readable source, so the code that will run cannot be seen by inspecting the npm tarball. The API is exported alongside trivial hello/add helpers with no documented purpose for image-based code loading, and the author retains the ability to change the payload in future publishes without any visible source diff. The code path relies on browser-only globals (Image, canvas) so it does not fire on Node require; harm requires a consumer application to call imageToCode in a browser context, at which point arbitrary author-supplied JavaScript executes in that page.
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
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @redman89405/my-module (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove @redman89405/my-module from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If @redman89405/my-module 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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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks @redman89405/my-module-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.