blockchain-helper-0npm
Advisory published Updated
blockchain-helper-0 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5352) 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 blockchain-helper-0 (npm)
What this malware does
Note: This report is updated by a verification record
Crypto/SSH/wallet stealer (self-labeled "CRYPTO STEALER"). postinstall scripts/postinstall.js auto-execs, src/index.js harvests ~/.ssh/id_rsa + wallet keys/seeds + env and exfils to hardcoded Telegram bot 8227918239:AAGEMDrBZluDsBBYPxfSyMuv2l3FY8cZCcs chat 6433587894. Auto-exec + hardcoded attacker Telegram exfil; "blockchain-helper" identity has no reason to read SSH/wallet keys.
The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for blockchain-helper-0 (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
blockchain-helper-0 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 blockchain-helper-0 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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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks blockchain-helper-0-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.