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Malicious package

spectral-enginenpm

Malicious code in spectral-engine (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2026-2388
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall spectral-engine

What this malware does

The package spectral-engine was found to contain malicious code.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
2.14.801

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

36c1776e0c796ae4f47d6e682de1e0e487bb462f0768e5023fd00ec90566ec4e
6d45c9e6ca6d123deeb7d3bfb326dc818f76fb83f256dca70e650842b7cf7620

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for spectral-engine (version 2.14.801). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging spectral-engine across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove spectral-engine 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If spectral-engine 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks spectral-engine 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. spectral-engine on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.14.801 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2026-01816

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder
  • ReversingLabs · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks spectral-engine-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.

spectral-engine (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-2388 | O3 Security