gehnebnpm
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gehneb is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-4570) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in gehneb (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares "consolefy": "git+https://github.com/ccndjdjdnnddnd-jpg/sbdrsfhbrfh.git" instead of resolving the legitimate consolefy package from the npm registry. The git URL has no commit SHA, tag, or branch pin, so npm install clones whatever HEAD points to at install time — fully mutable by the owner of that throwaway GitHub account (random-character username, unrelated to the legitimate consolefy publisher). The package's library entry (lib/index.js) transitively loads lib/Classes/Client.js and lib/Classes/CommandHandler.js, both of which require("consolefy") at module top level, so any code the attacker pushes to that repo executes on every installer that requires gehneb. Combined signals: empty description and empty author metadata, short opaque package name, and a Baileys/WhatsApp-bot dependency surface re-published under unrelated branding. The unpinned-attacker-repo override alone provides a silent install-time/require-time RCE channel into the installer's environment.
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
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for gehneb (version 1.0.1).
If you installed it — respond
Remove gehneb 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 gehneb 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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- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks gehneb-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.