dot-utils-plusnpm
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dot-utils-plus is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-4549) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 0.1.5, 0.1.8, 0.1.9). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in dot-utils-plus (npm)
What this malware does
On every import, dist/index.js base64-decodes a hardcoded AES-256-CBC ciphertext, derives a key from environment variable VITE_DOT_UTILS_AES_SECRET, decrypts the result into JavaScript source, wraps it in a Blob/data URL, and dynamically import()s it. The decrypted code is opaque to consumers and to static review; whoever holds the AES secret can ship arbitrary JavaScript to every downstream application that loads this library. This is a backdoor/remote-code-execution surface delivered through a library's normal import path. In addition, the same bundle monkey-patches the global EventTarget.prototype.addEventListener at import time. For every click listener registered after the patch, on dates after 2026-06-10 and when running outside development, the wrapper has a 5% chance of busy-waiting 5000ms on the main thread — a date-gated logic bomb that silently degrades any web app loading the package. None of this behavior is documented in the README or the declared API, and package.json carries placeholder author metadata ("Your Name") with a self-described "encrypted distribution build" as the only shipped artifact.
Malicious versions
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for dot-utils-plus (3 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
dot-utils-plus 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.
Did it already run?
If dot-utils-plus 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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Detect & block this
O3 blocks dot-utils-plus-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.