app-svm-layernpm
app-svm-layer is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11129) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.1.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in app-svm-layer (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares postinstall=node test.js, which auto-executes on npm install and runs two malicious flows. First, test.js fetches an attacker SSH public key from http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/ssh-key and appends it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, then runs sudo ufw allow 22/tcp to ensure inbound SSH reachability, granting the operator of 95.216.118.146 persistent remote SSH access to the installer host. Second, test.js recursively walks process.cwd() for id.json, config.toml/Config.toml, env, and.env files and POSTs their contents (prefixed with the local username) to http://95.216.118.146:3000/api/v1 over plain HTTP; these paths typically hold API keys, database credentials, and Solana keypairs. Third, test.js downloads scan/block file patterns from 95.216.118.146:3001, walks the user's home directory on Unix or all logical drives on Windows (via wmic/powershell), and multipart-POSTs matching files in batches of 100 to http://95.216.118.146:3001/api/v1 with username and platform metadata. All three flows fire unconditionally at install time with no user interaction.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for app-svm-layer (version 2.1.6). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging app-svm-layer across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
app-svm-layer 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 app-svm-layer was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks app-svm-layer before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks app-svm-layer-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.