tset_racienpm
Advisory published Updated
tset_racie is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14550) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in tset_racie (npm)
What this malware does
[email protected] ships a single 45KB obfuscator.io-style payload as its main entry (index.js). The file consists of a 551-entry RC4-encrypted string array, a base64+RC4 decoder, anti-debug self-defense that regex-tests function toString output to detect beautifiers/debuggers, and Function-constructor invocations that build a code string from concatenated decoded entries and immediately invoke it (e.g., const d=a[...](Function, a[...](a[...](a[...DIBMW...], a[...BHoLQ...]), ');'));H=a[...WEBmW...](d); followed by WEBmW: function(H){return H();}). Anyone who require()s this package immediately executes arbitrary code defined by the encrypted strings. The package metadata reinforces malicious intent: gibberish name (tset_racie), gibberish author (ptchli_knldg), empty description, no repository, no homepage, no dependencies, and no declared purpose — the disposable-publish shape typical of short-lived malicious uploads. The combination of a sole-file eval shell + runtime-assembled Function constructor + anti-debug guards + opaque metadata constitutes embedded malicious code; the encrypted payload's exact target (exfiltration, credential theft, dropper) cannot be statically resolved but the structural shape is unambiguous.
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
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for tset_racie (4 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
tset_racie 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 tset_racie 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
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks tset_racie-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.