Which versions of alpha-helper are malicious?

The following npm versions of alpha-helper are flagged malicious: 1.3.4. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate alpha-helper if I installed it?

alpha-helper 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.

I already installed alpha-helper — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If alpha-helper 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.

Is alpha-helper part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — alpha-helper is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-014894, RLMA-2026-10690 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find alpha-helper across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for alpha-helper (version 1.3.4).

Malicious package

alpha-helpernpm

Advisory published Aug 5, 2026Updated Sep 24, 2026

alpha-helper is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12338) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.3.4). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in alpha-helper (npm)

MAL-2026-12338

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall alpha-helper

What this malware does

The exported getPlugin in index.js issues an HTTPS request to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at 46.183.25.232:45000/icons/116 and passes the response field data.credits into a new Function(...) constructor with require, module, process, Buffer, and Promise bound into scope. Any consumer calling the exported function runs attacker-controlled JavaScript with full Node privileges. index.js also contains a decoy setDefaultModule that builds cdnjs-style font-awesome URLs across cloudflare/fastly/jsdelivr hostnames, which is not on the reachable code path. The package.json describes the module as a lightweight utility toolkit while the README describes an unrelated gamified trading system, and declared runtime dependencies include @primno/dpapi (Windows DPAPI unwrap), better-sqlite3, and node-machine-id, consistent with staging for browser-credential extraction.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

1.3.4

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

9758eecca0cf755a3c7cc43115b413dfda31f149bbeed40cdfaeb5e46d739efb

f5b7f762942eb450019458ec50b45c17a36128a6be357c14cd35be0166fa49ca

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for alpha-helper (version 1.3.4).
If you installed it — respond
alpha-helper 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 alpha-helper 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. alpha-helper on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.3.4 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-014894RLMA-2026-10690

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks alpha-helper-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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