Which versions of paypal-legal-components are malicious?

The following npm versions of paypal-legal-components are flagged malicious: 99.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate paypal-legal-components if I installed it?

Remove paypal-legal-components 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.

I already installed paypal-legal-components — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If paypal-legal-components 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.

Is paypal-legal-components part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — paypal-legal-components is associated with the RLMA-2026-05208, RLUA-2026-06368 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find paypal-legal-components across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for paypal-legal-components (version 99.0.0).

Malicious package

paypal-legal-componentsnpm

Advisory published Jul 7, 2026Updated Sep 1, 2026

paypal-legal-components is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-7337) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 99.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in paypal-legal-components (npm)

MAL-2026-7337

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall paypal-legal-components

Malicious versions

1 flagged

99.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

5623cfd18e4a117a7723097a364406f8978d5551b91d56d83026a795867a4be6

a0e21bb816b7fef563fbc24dec02405ae457b859c473175fad6b3d4cb4a7056e

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for paypal-legal-components (version 99.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove paypal-legal-components 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 paypal-legal-components 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. paypal-legal-components on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 99.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2026-05208RLUA-2026-06368

References

github.com

Credits

ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks paypal-legal-components-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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