simple-date-formatter-util-7npm
simple-date-formatter-util-7 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-11998) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in simple-date-formatter-util-7 (npm)
What this malware does
Package advertises itself as a date formatter utility but ships a malicious postinstall payload. package.json declares a postinstall lifecycle script that spawns an interactive bash reverse shell over /dev/tcp to 124.221.154.135:4444, giving a remote party command execution on the installer's host immediately after npm install. A bundled postinstall.js additionally enumerates the installer's ~/.ssh directory and POSTs the listing along with username and platform metadata to the same host at 124.221.154.135 over HTTPS. Advertised purpose (date formatting) does not require network access, shell execution, or SSH directory reads.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Backdoor / remote accessFind 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-7 (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-7 across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
simple-date-formatter-util-7 establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.
Did it already run?
If simple-date-formatter-util-7 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-7 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-7-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.