strapi-plugin-uicc-meebnpm
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strapi-plugin-uicc-meeb is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16191) 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-uicc-meeb (npm)
What this malware does
postinstall.js is registered as both the npm postinstall hook and the package main. On install it polls os.hostname() every 3 seconds and, when the hostname matches the hardcoded value 'ubuntu-fc-uvm', spawns 'bash -i' with stdio bound to /dev/tcp/14.225.210.85/80, yielding an interactive reverse shell on the installer's host to the operator of that endpoint. A long setTimeout keeps the Node process alive indefinitely after the postinstall phase, and setInterval retries the connection, providing persistence and targeted activation. The package name imitates a Strapi plugin but its shipped code performs no plugin functionality.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for strapi-plugin-uicc-meeb (version 3.6.8).
If you installed it — respond
strapi-plugin-uicc-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-uicc-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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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks strapi-plugin-uicc-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.