aaaa89852889npm
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aaaa89852889 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2025-789) 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 aaaa89852889 (npm)
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for aaaa89852889 (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove aaaa89852889 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.
Did it already run?
If aaaa89852889 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.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks aaaa89852889-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.