lil-swisgom-hlepersnpm
lil-swisgom-hlepers is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15689) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 49.9.9). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in lil-swisgom-hlepers (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares a dependency lil-swisgom-hlepers-core whose version specifier is a direct tarball URL on a third-party host (https://registry.grivy-packages.com/lil-swisgom-hlepers-core/-/lil-swisgom-hlepers-core-49.9.9.tgz) rather than a version resolved from the npm registry. On npm install, npm downloads and installs the arbitrary tarball from that host into the installer's dependency tree, bypassing npm registry review and scanning; any code the tarball ships (including install lifecycle scripts and module-load side effects) then runs on the installer's machine. The package name itself is a misspelling (hlepers for helpers), consistent with a typosquat lure funneling installers into pulling attacker-hosted tarball content.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
TyposquatFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for lil-swisgom-hlepers (version 49.9.9). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging lil-swisgom-hlepers across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
lil-swisgom-hlepers is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove lil-swisgom-hlepers, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.
Did it already run?
If lil-swisgom-hlepers 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 lil-swisgom-hlepers 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
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks lil-swisgom-hlepers-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.