strapi-plugin-portcc-meebnpm
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strapi-plugin-portcc-meeb is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16238) 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-portcc-meeb (npm)
What this malware does
Package advertises itself as a Strapi plugin but ships no plugin functionality; the entire payload is postinstall.js, which is also declared as the package main. On install, postinstall.js checks os.hostname() against 'ubuntu-fc-uvm' and then invokes child_process.exec on an inline python3 one-liner that opens a TCP socket to the hardcoded remote host 14.225.210.85:80, dups the socket onto stdin/stdout/stderr, and calls pty.spawn('sh'), yielding an interactive reverse shell on the installer's machine. A retry loop attempts up to five reconnects. The hostname gate is a targeting/anti-analysis check, not a safety limit. The package name and Strapi-plugin framing are a cover story; no legitimate plugin code is present.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for strapi-plugin-portcc-meeb (version 3.6.8).
If you installed it — respond
strapi-plugin-portcc-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-portcc-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-portcc-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.