korvicanpm
korvica is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11140) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in korvica (npm)
What this malware does
On import, a top-level async IIFE in index.mjs gates on process.platform === 'linux' and NODE_ENV!== 'production', checks for a WSL host mount at /mnt/c, locates the Windows user profile, fetches an opaque binary from https://f004.backblazeb2.com/file/dp8hbvocjd2fpza/vite-dep.dat, and writes it to the Windows Startup folder as %APPDATA%/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup/vite-native-helper.exe so that the binary executes on the next Windows login. The URL host, bucket, filename, and dropped executable name are assembled from single-letter variables and template literals rather than appearing as string literals, and the dropped file uses a vite-adjacent name to blend in with legitimate tooling. The fetched payload is not pinned, not verified, and unrelated to any documented package purpose.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
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 korvica (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging korvica across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove korvica 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 korvica 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 korvica 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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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks korvica-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.