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Malicious package

deposit-limit-fenpm

Advisory published Updated

deposit-limit-fe is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17769) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 100.100.101, 100.100.102, 100.100.106). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in deposit-limit-fe (npm)

MAL-2026-17769
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall deposit-limit-fe

What this malware does

[email protected] is published as a 'Deposit limit frontend utilities' library but its main entry (index.js) exports an empty object and ships no real functionality. package.json declares postinstall: node postinstall.js, which require()s a bundled Linux x64 native addon at prebuilds/linux-x64/addon.node inside a silenced try/catch. The addon has no corresponding C/C++ source or binding.gyp in the tarball. On load it reads the environment variables HOSTNAME, USER, npm_package_name, and npm_config_registry, forks, opens a TCP socket to the hardcoded bare IP 64.181.165.115, and sends POST /dc HTTP/1.0 with a form-encoded body h=<hostname>&p=<package>&u=<user>&r=<registry>. The anomalous 100.100.101 version and the explicit exfiltration of npm_config_registry are the fingerprint of a dependency-confusion reconnaissance beacon targeting an internal/private npm registry package name. Installing this package automatically leaks the installer's hostname, OS username, and private npm registry URL to an attacker-controlled endpoint and executes opaque native code on the installer's machine.

Malicious versions

3 flagged
100.100.101100.100.102100.100.106

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

5d9979b248f0b54166231be6cbcf674c11d79446d9fb4053ffd194eefcadae66
89565d767d3541470834dc9764af6e4abbe4acb5ba4eb721f7e3008e3a80b1d2
7d6d19a0a025ec14ff2ad68cb60c256485c54d34ae5641f6fe90ff86c9d1b011

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for deposit-limit-fe (3 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    deposit-limit-fe 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If deposit-limit-fe 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. deposit-limit-fe on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 100.100.101, 100.100.102, 100.100.106 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-021403IN-MAL-2026-021384IN-MAL-2026-021412

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks deposit-limit-fe-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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