simple-date-formatter-new-8npm
simple-date-formatter-new-8 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12199) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in simple-date-formatter-new-8 (npm)
What this malware does
The package.json postinstall script runs unconditionally on npm install, collecting host and internal-network reconnaissance (kernel version via uname -r, /etc/resolv.conf, hostname -I, /proc/net/route, internal TCP endpoint probes, and Kubernetes API probes against 10.45.196.x /version and /api/v1/namespaces) and POSTs the aggregated output via curl to an attacker-controlled interact.sh OAST collector at http://safjhdvsfwzhieemkdzbgr54r0yjhrmok.oast.fun/escinfoF. A sibling postinstall.js enumerates the installer's ~/.ssh directory and POSTs the contents along with username and platform to a hardcoded remote host at 124.221.154.135:443/post. The declared purpose is a trivial date formatter, which has no legitimate need to read SSH material, enumerate internal networks, or contact OAST infrastructure.
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 simple-date-formatter-new-8 (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-8 across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
Remove simple-date-formatter-new-8 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 simple-date-formatter-new-8 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-8 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-8-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.