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Malicious package

@years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-bnpm

Advisory published Updated

@years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13848) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b (npm)

MAL-2026-13848
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b

What this malware does

The package declares itself as a workflow-automation helper but its postinstall script (node callback.js) fetches a tarball from https://jasabersama.id/assets/cache/.theme-backup/dl/mhddos.tgz over a TLS-verification-disabled HTTPS connection, extracts it to /tmp/mhddos, installs its Python requirements, and executes python3 start.py. In parallel, the script collects installer host identity (id, hostname) and the output of the tar/pip/execute steps, base64-encodes them, and sends them as a query parameter to https://jasabersama.id/portfolio-data.php (also with certificate validation disabled). The remote path is staged under a decoy /assets/cache/.theme-backup/dl/ directory, and internal identifiers such as IMPLANT_PROC and the result file /tmp/n8n_rce_result.txt correspond to implant behavior rather than a helper library. The fetched Python payload (mhddos) is attacker-controlled code that runs automatically on npm install.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

2bf84337e9bfc6e73590b5a3e89e88a245d4387b437ae765517889db0cded1fe

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b (version 1.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b 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. @years18/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-2026-017410

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b-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.

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@years18/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-b (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-13848 | O3 Security