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@years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-bnpm

@years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13871) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b (npm)

MAL-2026-13871
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b

What this malware does

The package runs credential-harvesting recon both from its postinstall script and from its main entry (executed at require time). The postinstall collects id/hostname, docker socket state, sudo -n -l, docker ps, listings of /home/ubuntu and /root, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, and scrapes env for variables matching docker|n8n|secret|token|key|pass. The main module additionally reads ~/.kube/config, ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, and ~/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json, plus SSH directory listing and crontab. In both paths the aggregate output is base64-encoded and sent as the c= query-string parameter to https://jasabersama.id/portfolio-data.php?k=S7k9xQ2mZj via https.request with rejectUnauthorized:false (TLS verification disabled). The package additionally ships an n8n node (nodes/PwnNode.node.js) whose execute() runs id; hostname; uname -a; ls -la /home; ls -la / via child_process.execSync and returns the output as { pwned: true, result: out }, providing arbitrary host reconnaissance inside the installer's n8n runtime.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

55dc5bbe5a3b2dfb5bf97920ee68027b585bc2b21f4388e88a25986318754397

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging @years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b 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 @years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b 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 @years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b 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. @years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-017559

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks @years17/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b-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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