Which versions of tldriver are malicious?

The following npm versions of tldriver are flagged malicious: 0.0.1. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate tldriver if I installed it?

Remove tldriver 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.

I already installed tldriver — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If tldriver 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.

Is tldriver part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — tldriver is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-020290 campaign. Packages in the same campaign often share infrastructure and payloads, so check whether any related packages are also in your dependency tree.

How do I find tldriver across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tldriver (version 0.0.1).

Malicious package

tldrivernpm

Advisory published Sep 22, 2026Updated Sep 22, 2026

tldriver is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16384) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 0.0.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in tldriver (npm)

MAL-2026-16384

Immediate action

Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.

npm uninstall tldriver

What this malware does

The npm package [email protected] contains byte-identical scripts/preinstall.js and scripts/postinstall.js that are heavily obfuscated using obfuscator.io-style string-array indirection (identifiers such as _0x5694, _0x5c7e) to hide their URLs, filenames, and shell commands. On install, the scripts perform an https.get to the anonymous third-party image host https://api.imghippo.com/files/hOG8244hc.png, write the returned bytes to the package directory as gldriver_pre_core.exe and gldriver_pre_asset.exe, and then execute them via a platform-branched shell call (mspaint on Windows, open on macOS, xdg-open on Linux) before deleting the files and writing a.pre_setup_complete marker. The package identity is inconsistent with its shipped code: package.json declares the name tldriver, README instructs npm install googledriver, and index.js exports a class documented as GoogleDriver wrapping Google APIs, while the lib/ directory contains plausible-looking Google OAuth/Drive/Calendar/Maps modules that are never required by index.js. The declared library surface functions as a cover story; the operative behavior is the lifecycle-time fetch and execution of opaque bytes from a mutable third-party host, which lets the operator of that host deliver arbitrary code to any installer at any time.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

0.0.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

c16e29eeb8037e1166c10990a8e8f9424095dacc208961fd85775b1b14470995

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tldriver (version 0.0.1).
If you installed it — respond
Remove tldriver 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 tldriver 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. tldriver on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.0.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-020290

References

npmjs.com

Credits

Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks tldriver-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.

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