Which versions of collabs-merchants are malicious?

The following npm versions of collabs-merchants are flagged malicious: 99.9.12, 99.9.13, 99.9.14. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate collabs-merchants if I installed it?

Remove collabs-merchants 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.

I already installed collabs-merchants — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If collabs-merchants 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.

Is collabs-merchants part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — collabs-merchants is associated with the RLMA-2026-01212 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find collabs-merchants across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for collabs-merchants (3 malicious versions).

Malicious package

collabs-merchantsnpm

Advisory published Mar 18, 2026Updated Mar 23, 2026

collabs-merchants is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-1694) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 99.9.12, 99.9.13, 99.9.14). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in collabs-merchants (npm)

MAL-2026-1694

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall collabs-merchants

What this malware does

The package collabs-merchants was found to contain malicious code.

Malicious versions

3 flagged

99.9.1299.9.1399.9.14

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

41c135da22c5a2ba1852f900d088989719fbd5af812b32f8ed4e4b59368f84b3

c742b9fe98460e2c9a2ab91847c6ff1f1b753187de7d52c7d160dd99021b6e58

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for collabs-merchants (3 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove collabs-merchants 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 collabs-merchants 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. collabs-merchants on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 99.9.12, 99.9.13, 99.9.14 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2026-01212

Credits

Amazon Inspector · finder
ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks collabs-merchants-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.

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring

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