simple-date-formatter-util-16npm
simple-date-formatter-util-16 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12204) 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-util-16 (npm)
What this malware does
package.json declares a postinstall script that runs automatically on npm install. The script creates a block-device node for the host disk (mknod /tmp/vda2 b 252 2), mounts it read-only at /tmp/hostroot, reads the Kubernetes service-account token at /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token, collects host and pod metadata (/etc/kubernetes, ARP table, internal work directories), and POSTs the aggregated output via curl to http://safjhdvsfwzhieemkdzbgr54r0yjhrmok.oast.fun/escinfo4. The behavior combines container-escape reconnaissance against a Kubernetes node with credential and host-data exfiltration to an out-of-band interaction domain.
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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-util-16 (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-util-16 across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
simple-date-formatter-util-16 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-util-16 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-util-16 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-util-16-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.