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Malicious package

@user-services/web-componentsnpm

Advisory published Updated

@user-services/web-components is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16379) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 9.9.10). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @user-services/web-components (npm)

MAL-2026-16379
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @user-services/web-components

What this malware does

@user-services/[email protected] fires a hidden telemetry probe on both the npm install lifecycle (node index.js) and on every require() of the module. The probe in probe/impl.js reads os.userInfo().username, os.hostname() and the basename of process.cwd(), concatenates them with a prefix uswc and a timestamp into a subdomain of oob.algamil7x.xyz, and issues a dns.resolve4 query — the query name itself is the exfiltration channel, delivering installer identity to the attacker-controlled authoritative nameserver. The exfil pipeline is deliberately hidden from static analysis: supporting modules (b8d6e3.js, c9e7f4.js) reconstruct the strings os, dns, process, userInfo, hostname, cwd, resolve4 and the destination host oob.algamil7x.xyz from String.fromCharCode byte arrays, and load the os and dns core modules via module.constructor._load(...) instead of a static require. The destination host is not the declared homepage and is not documented anywhere in the package. The scope @user-services and its placeholder repository/author metadata (github.com/user-services/web-components, [email protected]) are generic and consistent with a dependency-confusion lure aimed at organisations with an internal @user-services/* scope.

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

1 flagged
9.9.10

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

02523ee1cb3bbb9119054ec3ed14ffc62d0d33ae3bd44dc29312c772cdba106b
a26643867a117b96b0d18cd07cbec2dbc5968abf2ea90f77d2999de7806a4721

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @user-services/web-components (version 9.9.10).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @user-services/web-components 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @user-services/web-components 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. @user-services/web-components on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 9.9.10 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-020286GHSA-f3g4-6hpx-9mcq

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @user-services/web-components-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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