strapi-plugin-plsresh-meebnpm
strapi-plugin-plsresh-meeb is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16181) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 3.6.8). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in strapi-plugin-plsresh-meeb (npm)
What this malware does
The package's postinstall lifecycle script runs a bash reverse shell that opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded host 14.225.210.85 on port 443 and binds an interactive shell to that socket, granting whoever operates that endpoint full interactive command execution on the installer's host. Execution is automatic on npm install via scripts.postinstall, requires no user action, and also writes a marker file under /tmp to confirm the callback. The package's own description self-labels as a reverse shell payload for Strapi.
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 strapi-plugin-plsresh-meeb (version 3.6.8). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging strapi-plugin-plsresh-meeb across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
strapi-plugin-plsresh-meeb 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 strapi-plugin-plsresh-meeb 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 strapi-plugin-plsresh-meeb 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 strapi-plugin-plsresh-meeb-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.