remove-bg-serverless-azurenpm
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remove-bg-serverless-azure is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14438) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 1.0.1, 1.1.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in remove-bg-serverless-azure (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares preinstall: node index.js, so npm install automatically runs index.js. index.js reads os.hostname(), os.userInfo(), the user home directory, DNS server configuration, and the contents of /etc/passwd and /etc/hosts, and POSTs the collected data over HTTPS to the hardcoded host 7iqn7pls4ly6w8valba0xcxygpmha7yw.oastify.com (a Burp Collaborator / OAST subdomain used as an attacker-controlled callback). Installing the package causes installer-side identifiers and sensitive system files to be sent to an external attacker endpoint on install.
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
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for remove-bg-serverless-azure (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove remove-bg-serverless-azure 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 remove-bg-serverless-azure 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 remove-bg-serverless-azure-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.