calendar-streak-corenpm
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calendar-streak-core is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12345) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in calendar-streak-core (npm)
What this malware does
[email protected] is advertised as a dependency-free calendar-day and streak math library, but index.mjs embeds a hex-encoded Windows PE executable (MZ header) in a _bin string array together with a hex-encoded destination path that decodes to %AppData%/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup/vite-native-helper.exe. A _decode helper (Buffer.from(h,'hex').toString()) and a block labeled 'Decode and write embedded payload' execute at top-level module import, dropping the executable into the per-user Startup folder so it runs on every subsequent Windows logon. In-code comments claim the module 'touches no network and no filesystem' while the code performs exactly that. Both the payload bytes and the destination path are stored as split hex fragments joined at runtime to evade string-level inspection, and the shipped module is ~500KB dominated by the encoded PE, which is inconsistent with the advertised calendar-math scope. Any project on Windows that imports (directly or transitively) this package gains persistent execution of the embedded binary at logon.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for calendar-streak-core (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove calendar-streak-core 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 calendar-streak-core 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
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks calendar-streak-core-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.