mfaatestnpm
mfaatest is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15629) 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 mfaatest (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares dependency node-net-pool with its value set to an arbitrary HTTPS tarball URL (https://limbomail.com/api/attachment/fpwvxc__9DvM.Bjuueu1K2SkBC_KkgATls-oq05UsrNNY/pkg.tgz) rather than a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever bytes limbomail.com returns and installs them, executing any lifecycle scripts inside the fetched tarball. The source is unpinned, integrity-unchecked, and hosted on a domain unrelated to the package's stated publisher; the content can be swapped at any time by whoever controls that host. The package's own description claims 'zero runtime dependencies', contradicting the presence of this off-registry dependency and matching the smuggled-dropper shape.
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 mfaatest (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 mfaatest across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove mfaatest 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 mfaatest 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 mfaatest 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 mfaatest-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.