Which versions of manticore-log are malicious?

The following npm versions of manticore-log are flagged malicious: 9.4.3. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate manticore-log if I installed it?

manticore-log 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.

I already installed manticore-log — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If manticore-log was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Is manticore-log part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — manticore-log is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-018634 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find manticore-log across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for manticore-log (version 9.4.3).

Malicious package

manticore-lognpm

Advisory published Aug 24, 2026Updated Aug 24, 2026

manticore-log is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14433) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 9.4.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in manticore-log (npm)

MAL-2026-14433

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall manticore-log

What this malware does

The package's preinstall lifecycle script fires automatically on npm install and collects the installer's OS username, hostname, current working directory, and the enclosing project's package.json name/author/version (obtained by walking up parents of __dirname). The JSON payload is hex-encoded, split into 60-character chunks, and leaked as DNS labels via dns.lookup queries under the hardcoded subdomain da5u87oh92rc72pp1dngqfc6hp8gwshm6.o.jgl.red, with a fallback DNS query on error. The chunked hex-over-DNS transport is a covert-channel technique that evades many egress filters. Package metadata is minimal (placeholder main, empty author) and inconsistent with any legitimate logging library, matching a dependency-confusion reconnaissance beacon pattern.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

9.4.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

184c02a26613b94b15f0abe1ed108c7a2a7a061f795213dba4772876e6e0a015

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for manticore-log (version 9.4.3).
If you installed it — respond
manticore-log 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 manticore-log was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. manticore-log on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 9.4.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-018634

References

npmjs.com

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks manticore-log-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

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