strapi-plugin-pysh-meebnpm
strapi-plugin-pysh-meeb is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16239) that typosquats a legitimate package to trick installs (malicious version 3.6.8). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in strapi-plugin-pysh-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 uses child_process to spawn a Python one-liner (python3 -c 'import sys,socket,os,pty;...pty.spawn("sh")') which opens an outbound TCP connection to the hardcoded attacker IP 14.225.210.85:80 and hands an interactive PTY shell to the remote endpoint, giving full remote code execution on the installer's host. Detonation is gated by an os.hostname() equality check against 'ubuntu-fc-uvm', a targeting/evasion mechanism that suppresses the payload on other hosts while firing on the intended victim; retry logic is present to re-establish the connection. Package metadata is consistent with a typosquat dropper: the name mimics a Strapi plugin, the repository URL uses a placeholder 'user' org and a mismatched slug (strapi-plugin-yayccresh-meeb), and the description is a generic 'Strapi plugin for enhanced functionality'. No legitimate plugin functionality is shipped.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
TyposquatFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for strapi-plugin-pysh-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-pysh-meeb across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
strapi-plugin-pysh-meeb is a typosquat — you almost certainly intended a legitimately-named package. Remove strapi-plugin-pysh-meeb, install the correct package, and rotate any secrets exposed during the install since post-install scripts may have already run.
Did it already run?
If strapi-plugin-pysh-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-pysh-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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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks strapi-plugin-pysh-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.