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Malicious package

aria-live-region-helpernpm

Advisory published Updated

aria-live-region-helper is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17546) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in aria-live-region-helper (npm)

MAL-2026-17546
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall aria-live-region-helper

What this malware does

The package is advertised as an ARIA accessibility helper but ships thunderboltRegistry.js, which executes a top-level IIFE on module load. The IIFE runs shell reconnaissance commands via child_process.execSync (whoami, id, pwd, ifconfig/ip addr, cat /etc/hosts, hostname) and sends their output, together with a beacon containing Node version, process.platform, and PID, via HTTP GET requests to the hardcoded endpoint http://dxpoc.gt.tc/callback.php/ef9ea0e191006f3cc6670720c99c26f3. The package also exports factories under names matching internal Wix thunderbolt registry entry points (thunderboltRegistry, siteAssetsRegistry, editorRegistry, corvidRegistry, etc.) and includes a registry-manifest.min.json mapping those names to parastorage.com unpkg URLs, so that a build pipeline resolving any of those registry names to this package triggers the recon-exfiltration side effect on import. Neither the reconnaissance behavior nor the dxpoc.gt.tc destination is related to the package's advertised accessibility purpose.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

391a9a163273e36e3945f918ea720b8e10aa462b0aa603d4012b28c557c58570

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer

  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for aria-live-region-helper (version 1.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    aria-live-region-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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If aria-live-region-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. aria-live-region-helper on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-021027

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks aria-live-region-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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