lodahsjsnpm
lodahsjs is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14181) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in lodahsjs (npm)
What this malware does
Package name typosquats 'lodash'; index.js exports nothing. scripts/postinstall.js runs at install time and performs two hostile actions. First, it POSTs a platform label (including a WSL/virtualized-Linux probe reading /proc/version and /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease) to a hardcoded bare-IP C2 assembled from an array of octets: http://193.70.34.101:20099/vote. Second, an XOR-obfuscated URL (byte array ADDON_ENC decoded with key 'stf2026') resolves to https://github.com/bebraz1/qPzM50V1AKG0rVlH/releases/download/null/main.exe; the script downloads that binary to %TEMP%\main.exe and spawns it detached on Windows, and on WSL hosts assembles an XOR-decoded PowerShell command (BRIDGE_LAUNCHER_ENC/BRIDGE_SCRIPT_PRE_ENC/BRIDGE_SCRIPT_POST_ENC) passed to child_process.exec with windowsHide:true to fetch and run the same binary on the Windows side. The package has no legitimate functionality; the postinstall script's only purpose is to select victims and land an alien Windows executable from an unrelated personal GitHub account.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for lodahsjs (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 lodahsjs across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
lodahsjs establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.
Did it already run?
If lodahsjs 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 lodahsjs 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 lodahsjs-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.