Which versions of habingeer are malicious?

The following npm versions of habingeer are flagged malicious: 2.1.6. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate habingeer if I installed it?

habingeer establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.

I already installed habingeer — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If habingeer 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 habingeer part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — habingeer is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-010803 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 habingeer across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for habingeer (version 2.1.6).

Malicious package

habingeernpm

Advisory published Jul 22, 2026Updated Jul 23, 2026

habingeer is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10995) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 2.1.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in habingeer (npm)

MAL-2026-10995

Immediate action

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

npm uninstall habingeer

What this malware does

package.json declares postinstall: node test.js, which auto-runs on npm install and invokes two functions from index.js. The first recursively walks the install directory for id.json (Solana keypair), config.toml/Config.toml, env, and .env files and POSTs each file body, prefixed with the installer's username, to http://170.205.31.203:3000/api/v1. The second fetches an SSH public key from http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/ssh-key and, on Linux, appends it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, then executes sudo ufw enable and sudo ufw allow 22/tcp to keep inbound SSH reachable — granting the operator of that IP persistent interactive SSH access to the host. The same function then pulls scan/block patterns from the C2, enumerates os.homedir() on Unix or every logical drive on Windows (via wmic logicaldisk get name / PowerShell Get-Volume), and batch-uploads matching files with username/platform metadata via multipart POST to http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/v1. All three behaviors fire on install with no user interaction.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

2.1.6

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

716d1a3d9969396f8ca204c03d403552bb4a990c1bfdb4a2ab05dff5afb93748

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for habingeer (version 2.1.6).
If you installed it — respond
habingeer establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.
Did it already run?
If habingeer 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. habingeer on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.1.6 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-010803

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks habingeer-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

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