tinyparrotnpm
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tinyparrot is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10190) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 0.4.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in tinyparrot (npm)
What this malware does
The postinstall script src/build.js reconstructs the strings 'https', 'POST', and the destination host 'rnjkerbf.org/P' from integer-encoded arrays via base-decoders in src/const.js and src/helpers.js, then dynamically requires the resolved module and issues an HTTPS POST to https://rnjkerbf.org/P. The value of the response header 'm' is passed directly to child_process.execSync, so arbitrary shell commands returned by the attacker-controlled server run on the installer's machine at 'npm install' time. Errors are swallowed by try/catch to hide failures. The URL, HTTP method, and required module name are all hidden behind numeric-literal decoders to evade static inspection.
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.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tinyparrot (version 0.4.1).
If you installed it — respond
Remove tinyparrot 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 tinyparrot 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 tinyparrot-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.