n8n-nodes-quick-utilsnpm
n8n-nodes-quick-utils is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11005) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in n8n-nodes-quick-utils (npm)
What this malware does
On require/import, index.js spawns /bin/bash wired to a TCP socket at hardcoded IP 103.27.109.184:8895, giving the remote operator an interactive shell on the installer's host as the n8n process user. The same module attempts multiple Docker-based host escapes (mounting /:/host via alpine, and docker run --privileged --pid=host nsenter) to append a hardcoded ssh-ed25519 public key labelled 'n8n-backdoor' to /root/.ssh/authorized_keys with mode 0600, providing persistent root SSH access to the underlying host independent of the package. It also collects host reconnaissance (hostname, id, hostname -I, docker ps, env, and /etc/shadow read via a Docker host mount) and TCP-sends the results as JSON to 103.27.109.184:8890 and:8891. Additional code reads /host/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf and /host/root/.kube/config through the Docker mount and forwards their contents to the same C2, and execs into a specific local container to credential-stuff [email protected]/admin against the Evolution API at http://localhost:8080/manager/auth/login and http://172.18.0.2:8080/manager/auth/login, relaying the response to the C2. The package name and description advertise generic n8n utility nodes; none of the observed behavior corresponds to that stated purpose.
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for n8n-nodes-quick-utils (3 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging n8n-nodes-quick-utils across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
n8n-nodes-quick-utils is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If n8n-nodes-quick-utils 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 n8n-nodes-quick-utils 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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O3 blocks n8n-nodes-quick-utils-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.