discord-vibegrations-api-helpersnpm
discord-vibegrations-api-helpers is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11536) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in discord-vibegrations-api-helpers (npm)
What this malware does
The package declares a postinstall lifecycle hook (postinstall: node postinstall.js) that opens a TCP socket to 5.tcp.eu.ngrok.io:15496 and pipes it to a spawned /bin/sh process (client.pipe(sh.stdin); sh.stdout.pipe(client)). On npm install, this hands full interactive shell control of the installer's host to the remote endpoint, providing arbitrary code execution and a persistent backdoor for the duration of the tunnel. The ngrok dynamic-DNS tunnel is an attacker-controlled destination unrelated to any legitimate build behavior.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for discord-vibegrations-api-helpers (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging discord-vibegrations-api-helpers across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
discord-vibegrations-api-helpers establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.
Did it already run?
If discord-vibegrations-api-helpers 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 discord-vibegrations-api-helpers 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 discord-vibegrations-api-helpers-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.