lib-streak-mathnpm
lib-streak-math is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11141) 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 lib-streak-math (npm)
What this malware does
The package's main entry index.mjs presents itself as a math helper but contains a top-level async IIFE that runs on any require/import of the module. All network destinations, filesystem paths, subprocess names, and Node built-in module names are stored as integer arrays and reconstructed at runtime via a char-code decoder _D(a) = String.fromCharCode(...a.map((c,i)=>((c-_K[i%3])+256)%256)) with _K=[11,23,47], hiding fs/promises, path, child_process, and node-fetch from static inspection. Decoded, the block downloads https://f004.backblazeb2.com/file/dp8hbvocjd2fpza/helper.tar.gz into a hidden directory under AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/syscache/helper/, extracts it with tar -xzf, and executes the dropped payload. On Windows, the target user profile is located by scanning /mnt/c/Users (WSL), and a launcher env-setup.cmd is written into AppData/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup/ so the dropped vite.exe auto-launches on every login. On Linux, a background-service binary is written to the same hidden path, chmod 0o755d, and spawned with stdio: 'ignore', detached: true followed by .unref(), surviving the parent process. The package's advertised math-library purpose is unrelated to the code that actually runs on import.
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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 lib-streak-math (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 lib-streak-math across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove lib-streak-math 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 lib-streak-math 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 lib-streak-math 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 lib-streak-math-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.