serpacksven1npm
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serpacksven1 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17626) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.6). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in serpacksven1 (npm)
What this malware does
The tarball ships no JavaScript — the declared main: index.js is absent — and contains only 10 byte-identical copies of a PowerShell dropper under misleading extensions (1.png, client.doc, client.doc.1, json.txt, extensionless client, all sha256 e9dff494...). The script hides the console window via Win32 APIs, concatenates ~150 base64 chunks, XOR-decodes them with single-byte key 89, reflectively resolves [System.Reflection.Assembly].Load through char-code-obfuscated type strings, and invokes the decoded in-memory.NET assembly. The package has no lifecycle scripts and no importable surface, so npm install alone does not execute the payload; the harm fires when a second-stage tool or downstream workflow sources any of the disguised files (e.g. powershell -File client.doc), delivering full-host code execution of an attacker-controlled.NET assembly on Windows. The multi-extension disguise, byte-identical duplication, and absence of any legitimate package content show this is a payload-staging artifact published to npm rather than a software package.
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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Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for serpacksven1 (version 1.0.6).
If you installed it — respond
Remove serpacksven1 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 serpacksven1 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 serpacksven1-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.