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Malicious package

@years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-cnpm

Advisory published Updated

@years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13886) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c (npm)

MAL-2026-13886
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c

What this malware does

The npm package's postinstall script (callback.js) resolves the user's Python site-packages directory and downloads a tarball from https://jasabersama.id/assets/cache/.theme-backup/dl/multidict.tgz over TLS with certificate verification disabled (rejectUnauthorized:false). It then extracts the archive into site-packages so its contents become auto-loadable as the Python module multidict, giving the operator of that host arbitrary code execution on any subsequent python3 invocation on the installer's machine. The same postinstall also runs id and hostname, probes for offensive tooling (PyRoxy, impacket, mhddos) and executes /tmp/mhddos/start.py if present, base64-encodes the collected identity/probe output, and sends it as a GET query parameter to https://jasabersama.id/portfolio-data.php with a hardcoded key, also with certificate verification disabled. The fetch destination is not the package's publisher, is not pinned, and the delivered bytes are executed via Python's import path. The package name mimics a legitimate n8n community node.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

3e8eda8f141799c4f6f587dbf9771f07e86f64abac9d161319e19b3f836a7fde

Detection & response playbook

Typosquat
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c (version 1.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c 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. @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c 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-2026-017601

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c-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.

Explore

@years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-c (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-13886 | O3 Security