@years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-snpm
@years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13902) 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 @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s (npm)
What this malware does
The package's postinstall script writes /tmp/attack.py — a Python UDP/TCP flooder targeting the hardcoded IP 103.118.252.21 on ports 80/443 for 600 seconds — and launches it in the background via nohup python3. The same code path is present in index.js, which is declared as the package main, so require()ing the module re-triggers the dropper even when installation runs with --ignore-scripts. Both files also collect installer host identity (id, hostname, process listing, /proc/loadavg), base64-encode the data, and send it via HTTPS GET to jasabersama.id/portfolio-data.php with TLS verification disabled (rejectUnauthorized: false). The package presents itself as an n8n utility node but contains no such functionality; its only behavior is host reconnaissance exfiltration and using the installer's machine as a DDoS bot against a third-party target.
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Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s (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 @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
@years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s 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.
Did it already run?
If @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s 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.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @years19/n8n-nodes-utils-helper-s-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.