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Malicious package

jsf-utilsnpm

jsf-utils is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6921) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious versions 0.3.1, 1.3.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in jsf-utils (npm)

MAL-2026-6921
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall jsf-utils

What this malware does

On require('jsf-utils'), lib/string/pathcase.js runs a top-level async IIFE that fetches a JavaScript payload from https://jsonkeeper.com/b/BPB86 and executes it in-process via Function.constructor with access to the installer's require. The file is auto-loaded because lib/index.js and lib/string/index.js recursively require every module in the tree. The exported pathcase function additionally spawns a detached, stdio-ignored node child process using the fetched script as argv, extending execution beyond the import-time IIFE and surviving parent exit. The remote-fetch-and-eval logic is placed inside a file whose stated purpose is a trivial string helper (pathcase), with the original benign implementation left commented out below the payload — concealment inside an innocuous utility. The package impersonates jonschlinkert/utils by reusing that project's author, homepage, and repository metadata while shipping under the name jsf-utils. Because the payload host is a mutable anonymous paste service, the executed code can be changed by the attacker at any time without republishing the package.

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
0.3.11.3.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

17ec4d3467dc2baf85fbb6a18391ee4fd7d59044080f07cde071705f9f28097a
ef8f6966be869d917854e50343b91aa637713ed595cf184167161ee19b82c33e
f6a2a0bbd4939a789673bdca08866c9be58dd361df175695e7f8c1141bed4e47

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 jsf-utils (2 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging jsf-utils across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    jsf-utils is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove jsf-utils, 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 jsf-utils 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 jsf-utils 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. jsf-utils on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 0.3.1, 1.3.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-2jff-wp39-wgchIN-MAL-2026-009329IN-MAL-2026-009327

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks jsf-utils-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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jsf-utils (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-6921 | O3 Security