resolve-auditnpm
resolve-audit is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-13987) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 99.9.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in resolve-audit (npm)
What this malware does
[email protected] is a stub package (index exports an empty object) whose package.json declares its only dependency ltidisafe as a direct HTTPS tarball URL: https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.6.6.tgz. On npm install, npm fetches this arbitrary tarball from an anonymous, mutable Google Cloud Storage bucket (path segment depenconf, a dependency-confusion marker) rather than resolving through the npm registry, with no version-by-hash pinning. Any lifecycle scripts inside that tarball execute on the installer. The version number 99.9.1 is characteristic of dependency-confusion/version-squat lures designed to win resolution against a private-registry package of the same name.
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
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for resolve-audit (version 99.9.1). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging resolve-audit across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove resolve-audit 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 resolve-audit 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 resolve-audit 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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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks resolve-audit-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.