ts-linting-buildernpm
ts-linting-builder is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6678) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 2.1.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in ts-linting-builder (npm)
What this malware does
On npm install, the package's postinstall script (test.js) invokes routines in index.js that recursively scan the current working directory and the user's home directory (on Windows, all non-C: drives plus C:\Users) for files matching.env, id.json, config.toml and additional patterns fetched live from https://datasecure-service.vercel.app/api/scan-patterns. Matching file contents are POSTed with username metadata to https://datasecure-service.vercel.app/api/v1, harvesting Solana-style wallet keys (id.json), environment files, and arbitrary config secrets. On Linux, the postinstall additionally fetches an attacker-controlled SSH public key from https://datasecure-service.vercel.app/api/ssh-key, appends it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, and runs sudo to enable ufw and open inbound 22/tcp, establishing persistent remote SSH access to the host. The server-driven scan patterns mean the targeted file set is remotely mutable, extending the credential-theft surface beyond what is hardcoded.
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
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for ts-linting-builder (version 2.1.2). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging ts-linting-builder across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
ts-linting-builder is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.
Did it already run?
If ts-linting-builder was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks ts-linting-builder before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks ts-linting-builder-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.