Which versions of ehance-assistant are malicious?

The following npm versions of ehance-assistant are flagged malicious: 1.0.0, 1.0.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate ehance-assistant if I installed it?

Remove ehance-assistant 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 ehance-assistant — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If ehance-assistant 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 ehance-assistant part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — ehance-assistant is associated with the RLMA-2026-01271 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 ehance-assistant across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for ehance-assistant (2 malicious versions).

Malicious package

ehance-assistantnpm

Advisory published Mar 18, 2026Updated Mar 23, 2026

ehance-assistant is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-1721) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in ehance-assistant (npm)

MAL-2026-1721

Immediate action

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

npm uninstall ehance-assistant

What this malware does

The package ehance-assistant was found to contain malicious code.

Malicious versions

2 flagged

1.0.01.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

7563e3bed8c496e47bb65d10cfa2b7ca4cca68c120928bfd402760f82a10b7ca

128d207ed08094b4cb1eb4e4cd448c7158c3896b8d4ec486c92790407adc99b5

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for ehance-assistant (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove ehance-assistant 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 ehance-assistant 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. ehance-assistant on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2026-01271

Credits

Amazon Inspector · finder
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Detect & block this

O3 blocks ehance-assistant-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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