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Malicious package

net-codec-testmetestnpm

Advisory published Updated

net-codec-testmetest is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-18186) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in net-codec-testmetest (npm)

MAL-2026-18186
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall net-codec-testmetest

What this malware does

The package has no native source files but ships a binding.gyp whose sole target is type:'none' and whose sources array uses GYP command expansion (<!(env node index.js...)) to execute index.js during node-gyp rebuild, which npm invokes automatically whenever a binding.gyp is present. index.js is a Caesar-cipher-obfuscated IIFE whose decoded body imports node:crypto, reads the shipped data.bin blob, AES-128-GCM-decrypts it with hardcoded key/iv/aad, brotli-decompresses the result into a temporary file, and spawns that file under the Bun runtime (declared as the package's only dependency). The combination — binding.gyp with no native sources used purely as an install-time execution smuggler, an obfuscated eval-based loader, and an opaque encrypted payload executed under an alternate runtime — is a packed dropper with no legitimate function for a stated utility library.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

7bf1dbafca56ccfcb849f9ebb80b7a1cdf42007fd12618492620e0f7660476b2

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for net-codec-testmetest (version 1.0.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove net-codec-testmetest 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If net-codec-testmetest 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. net-codec-testmetest on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-021578

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks net-codec-testmetest-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.

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net-codec-testmetest (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-18186 | O3 Security