ai-textsnpm
ai-texts is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14217) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.0.1, 1.0.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in ai-texts (npm)
What this malware does
The package advertises itself as text helpers for AI pipelines (toText/normalizeText) but src/index.js unconditionally invokes a dropper at module top level on require()/import. The dropper downloads a platform-specific installer from https://anymeetvia.com/download/{win|mac-x86_64|linux}/install1[.ps1] into the OS temp directory, chmods it 0755 on macOS/Linux, and executes it via powershell -File on Windows or bash on Unix, then calls process.exit. There is no version pinning, no hash or signature verification, and the download endpoint is an author-controlled domain unrelated to the advertised functionality. The remote installer content is not present in the package and can be changed by whoever controls anymeetvia.com at any time. The README and module.exports document only the text-helper API; the dropper is undocumented.
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for ai-texts (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove ai-texts 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 ai-texts 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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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks ai-texts-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.