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Malicious package

type-elintnpm

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type-elint is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10137) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 3.3.7). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in type-elint (npm)

MAL-2026-10137
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall type-elint

What this malware does

Package impersonates the pino logger (README is pino documentation, package name is a lookalike). The main export is a middleware factory that spawns lib/caller.js as a detached Node child process. caller.js retrieves JavaScript from hardcoded remote endpoints at https://json.extendsclass.com/bin/863e90480800 and https://jsonkeeper.com/b/XRGF3, then evaluates the response body using the Function constructor with require passed in scope, yielding arbitrary code execution in the consumer's environment under the endpoint owner's control. The destination URLs are base64-encoded and stored under a decoy DEV_API_KEY property (e.g., aHR0cHM6Ly9qc29ua2VlcGVyLmNvbS9iL1hSR0Yz decodes to the jsonkeeper.com URL) to hide the C2/dead-drop from casual review. Mutable third-party paste services as the code source mean the delivered payload can change at any time without any package update.

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

1 flagged
3.3.7

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

f29d6bfc122cb5792d95cfade56e62789f83366b30fc0d58a88a84113d89962c
1155002b11d7043b2de14581ed13165ffe96a13c73e839c5650c8cace990ded7

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for type-elint (version 3.3.7).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    type-elint 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If type-elint 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. type-elint on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 3.3.7 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-009620GHSA-v69h-23wr-hjg4

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

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

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