constructor-blocks-commonnpm
constructor-blocks-common is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12660) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 35.5.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in constructor-blocks-common (npm)
What this malware does
On require() of constructor-blocks-common, index.js loads helpers.js which invokes a bootstrap routine at module load. The routine reconstructs destination hostnames via Array.join string-splitting (e.g. 'oob-worker.cf102-baf.workers.dev', 'oob-worker.cf101-adf.workers.dev', 'oob-worker.cf99-9b3.workers.dev') plus a DNS-TXT fallback channel under *.dl.wel1.ru (linux_x64 host assembled from ['sd','k.d','l.wel1.','ru']), downloads a platform-specific binary via https.get, writes it to /tmp or %TEMP% under a disguised filename (.cache<hex> or dotnet_diag_<hex>.exe), chmods 0755, and detaches it via spawn('/bin/sh', ['-c', filePath+' &']) or spawn('cmd',...). The fetched bytes are opaque, unpinned, and unrelated to the package's stated purpose of 'cross-module shared code'. A second copy of the dropper is bundled at lib/telemetry.js under an 'Analytics SDK' cover story (base64 chunk assembly, cp.spawn('/bin/sh',...), fs['chmod'+'Sync'] concatenated to evade static analysis). Cover-story comments ('Detached process to avoid blocking npm install', 'Clean up temporary files') accompany the exec paths. Installing or requiring this package results in remote code execution on the installer host.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for constructor-blocks-common (version 35.5.6). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging constructor-blocks-common across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove constructor-blocks-common 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 constructor-blocks-common was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks constructor-blocks-common before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks constructor-blocks-common-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.