epic-web-video-playernpm
Advisory published Updated
epic-web-video-player is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2025-49218) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 0.0.1-security, 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in epic-web-video-player (npm)
What this malware does
The package epic-web-video-player was found to contain malicious code.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for epic-web-video-player (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove epic-web-video-player 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 epic-web-video-player 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
Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks epic-web-video-player-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.