strapi-plugin-persh-meebnpm
Advisory published Updated
strapi-plugin-persh-meeb is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16237) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 3.6.8). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in strapi-plugin-persh-meeb (npm)
What this malware does
[email protected] ships a postinstall.js (also declared as the package main) that runs automatically on npm install. The script spawns a Python one-liner that opens a TCP socket to the hardcoded bare IP 14.225.210.85 on port 443 (with:80 also referenced), duplicates the socket over stdio, and calls pty.spawn("sh"), giving the remote host an interactive shell on the installer's machine. Retries up to 5 times at 10-second intervals. Execution is gated by a hostname allowlist check (os.hostname() === 'ubuntu-fc-uvm') and logs to /tmp/postinstall-revshell.log, consistent with a targeted red-team or victim-tuned implant. The destination is a bare IP unrelated to any Strapi or plugin-publisher infrastructure, and the package name resembles the Strapi plugin ecosystem.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for strapi-plugin-persh-meeb (version 3.6.8).
If you installed it — respond
Remove strapi-plugin-persh-meeb 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 strapi-plugin-persh-meeb was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks strapi-plugin-persh-meeb-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.