time-linters-webapp-eslint-confignpm
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time-linters-webapp-eslint-config is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12479) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 20.2.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in time-linters-webapp-eslint-config (npm)
What this malware does
The package's top-level index.js unconditionally requires./runtime on load. runtime.js assembles a rotating list of Cloudflare Workers hostnames (oob-worker.cf100/101/102/103-*.workers.dev) and a *.dl.well1.site DNS-TXT fallback via array-join string splits to evade static analysis, downloads a platform-specific binary over https.get, writes it to a temp path using cover-story filenames (.cache<rand>, dotnet_diag<rand>.exe,.analytics_state), chmods it 0755 on POSIX, and spawns it detached via spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", fp + " &"]) or spawn("cmd",...) on Windows. No hash or signature verification is performed, the fetched bytes are opaque, and the destinations have no relationship to any ESLint configuration purpose. A fake telemetry framing (DISABLE_TELEMETRY / DO_NOT_TRACK opt-outs,.analytics_state cache) is used as cover. Fires on any require()/import of the package, including transitively.
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for time-linters-webapp-eslint-config (version 20.2.2).
If you installed it — respond
Remove time-linters-webapp-eslint-config 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 time-linters-webapp-eslint-config 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
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks time-linters-webapp-eslint-config-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.