simple-date-formatter-new-5npm
simple-date-formatter-new-5 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11543) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in simple-date-formatter-new-5 (npm)
What this malware does
Package advertised as a date-formatting utility performs supply-chain attack behavior. package.json declares a postinstall shell one-liner that, on npm install, collects kernel version, IP addresses, Kubernetes API probes, cloud instance metadata (AWS 169.254.169.254 and Alibaba 100.100.100.200), an internal /24 TCP scan, ARP/DNS data, and a listing of /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/, then POSTs the aggregated output via curl to http://safjhdvsfwzhieemkdzbgr54r0yjhrmok.oast.fun/escinfo9. The main module (index.js) additionally enumerates ~/.ssh for key files on require() and issues an HTTPS POST containing the directory listing plus username and platform to hardcoded IP 124.221.154.135:443/post. The advertised formatDate export is a trivial cover for the exfiltration code paths.
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for simple-date-formatter-new-5 (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging simple-date-formatter-new-5 across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
simple-date-formatter-new-5 is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If simple-date-formatter-new-5 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 simple-date-formatter-new-5 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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Detect & block this
O3 blocks simple-date-formatter-new-5-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.