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Malicious package

elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579npm

Advisory published Updated

elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2025-192202) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579 (npm)

MAL-2025-192202
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579

What this malware does

The package elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579 was found to contain malicious code.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579' @ 1.0.2 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Malicious versions

4 flagged
1.0.01.0.11.0.21.0.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

0ac02b113ceb57f8c3f2746beb6e581df833e51bb56d3017ed5cef1fd57a7f49
b9fd74a4f86257dcac38859d4ea130b417aace0481f9c90607509d3e74ae9fbc
7f2697cfcf138d4632b78908e7efa407bc80e1159f5a85f376d6b52c939f9c84
924c14a855b0b043edee7ca469aad74836cb21031c7647132df4972c5b77e362

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579 (4 malicious versions).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579 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. elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579 on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2025-06280

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder
  • OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579-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.

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elf-stats-sleighing-stocking-579 (npm) malicious package — MAL-2025-192202 | O3 Security