Which versions of tol8t are malicious?

The following npm versions of tol8t are flagged malicious: 14.0.0. Treat any of these as compromised.

How do I remediate tol8t if I installed it?

tol8t 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.

I already installed tol8t — how do I know if it already compromised me?

If tol8t 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 tol8t part of a known attack campaign?

Yes — tol8t is associated with the IN-MAL-2026-020084 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 tol8t across my projects, lockfiles, and CI pipelines?

Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tol8t (version 14.0.0).

Malicious package

tol8tnpm

Advisory published Sep 15, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026

tol8t is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16218) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 14.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in tol8t (npm)

MAL-2026-16218

Immediate action

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

npm uninstall tol8t

What this malware does

package.json declares preinstall and postinstall lifecycle hooks that use wget to POST installer host identifiers to a hardcoded Discord webhook at https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1413937656697720862/. The preinstall hook sends the installer's current working directory ($(pwd)) and the postinstall hook sends the machine hostname ($(hostname)). Both fire automatically during npm install with no user interaction. The package ships no other functionality; its sole behavior is host reconnaissance beaconing to an attacker-controlled Discord webhook.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'tol8t' @ 14.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Malicious versions

1 flagged

14.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

c33f4cd3c64d0ca0eb65dc5947fce3700c94ec8bea6083e63da1e6ba31321e27

2f9850f64422a733207e07792098b0e3c72d43311f73a44bd07ae0c2dd4429eb

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access

Find it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tol8t (version 14.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
tol8t 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 tol8t 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. tol8t on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 14.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-020084

References

npmjs.com

Credits

Amazon Inspector · finder
OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks tol8t-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

Malware detection Runtime egress monitoring

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