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Malicious package

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

Advisory published Updated

@years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-k is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13894) that opens a backdoor for remote access (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-k (npm)

MAL-2026-13894
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-k

What this malware does

The package's postinstall script callback.js — duplicated byte-for-byte as index.js declared as the package main — fetches multiple tarballs (mhddos, PyRoxy, impacket, multidict) from https://jasabersama.id/assets/cache/.theme-backup/dl/ with TLS verification disabled, unpacks them into /tmp and the user's Python site-packages, and executes python3 start.py to launch UDP/TCP/GET flood traffic against 103.118.252.21. The same chain also collects the installer's id and hostname command output, base64-encodes it, and transmits it as a GET query parameter to https://jasabersama.id/portfolio-data.php with TLS verification disabled. Both triggers fire without user interaction: the postinstall hook runs on npm install, and the identical main entry re-runs the chain on require/import (including when n8n loads this as a community node). The package presents as an n8n utility helper but ships no such functionality; its only behavior is dropping and executing attacker-hosted DDoS tooling while beaconing host identity to the attacker's C2.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

5f2ee90541bcb630e80a800d961efa8a534f59200943e7aa09c57f8d4972157f

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access
  1. Find it

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

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-k establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-k 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-k 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-2026-017592

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-k-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

Explore

@years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-k (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-13894 | O3 Security