json-bigint-rsnpm
json-bigint-rs is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17312) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 0.1.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in json-bigint-rs (npm)
What this malware does
On require(), index.js instantiates the shipped json-bigint-rs.wasm module and, for imports declared under the 'wasm:js/string-constants' module namespace, exposes each descriptor's name as an externref global. This mechanism smuggles a full JavaScript payload as WASM import-descriptor names, hiding it from JS-only source scanners. The reconstructed payload is an IIFE wired to node:vm.runInThisContext / runInNewContext that polls three hardcoded hosts (rs.undotest.top, rs.lightnight.top, rs.belivelight.top) every 30 seconds and executes the response body as JavaScript in-process with access to console and process. Execution is gated by NODE_ENV==='production', so the dropper stays dormant on developer machines and activates on servers and CI. The remote hosts are mutable and unrelated to any documented publisher; the behavior is undocumented in README. The package name and stated purpose (a bignum JSON parser) provide cover for a delivery vehicle whose only observable install/require-time effect is fetching and evaluating attacker-chosen JavaScript.
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for json-bigint-rs (version 0.1.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging json-bigint-rs across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove json-bigint-rs 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 json-bigint-rs 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks json-bigint-rs 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.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks json-bigint-rs-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.