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Malicious package

amplitude-experimentnpm

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amplitude-experiment is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15496) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 55.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in amplitude-experiment (npm)

MAL-2026-15496
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall amplitude-experiment

What this malware does

package.json declares a single dependency whose key equals the package's own name (amplitude-experiment) and whose source is the bare HTTPS URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/amplitude-experiment instead of a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever bytes that URL returns and installs them as the resolved dependency, with no version pin and no integrity check, running any lifecycle scripts contained in the fetched tarball. The shipped source of [email protected] itself is an inert stub, so the manifest line is the entire delivery mechanism. The dependency key matching the package's own name mirrors a dependency-confusion shape against the legitimate amplitude-experiment name, and the implausibly high version (55.0.0) is consistent with a resolution-winning squat.

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

1 flagged
55.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

110901fcd2d59ab6eed44d962da05830610e5c3cb03ca103db5a379e6c6052e4
1de763ed35499a4b3ce864ee6f4120ef872a3f1dd5837fffd8ae2930e6ce6ac7

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for amplitude-experiment (version 55.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove amplitude-experiment 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If amplitude-experiment 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. amplitude-experiment on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 55.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-019070GHSA-4qr2-j5wh-f48g

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks amplitude-experiment-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.

Explore

amplitude-experiment (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-15496 | O3 Security