type-uniquenpm
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type-unique is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-10512) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 3.1.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in type-unique (npm)
What this malware does
[email protected] presents itself as the pino logger (matching README, keywords, and package shape) but on require() its index.js spawns a detached node lib/caller.js child process. That child fetches JSON from https://jsonhosting.com/api/json/3ea04c38/raw, extracts a cookie field, and executes its content via new Function.constructor('require', s)(require), giving remote content full Node.js capabilities including the bound require. Additional C2 URLs (https://jsonkeeper.com/b/XRGF3, https://jsonkeeper.com/b/4NAKK) are stored base64-encoded as fake DEV_API_KEY constants in lib/caller.js and lib/const.js to hide the destinations. The fetched payload is unpinned, unauthenticated, and served from third-party JSON-hosting services controlled by the author, so arbitrary code can be delivered to any machine that loads the package.
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
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for type-unique (version 3.1.3).
If you installed it — respond
type-unique 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 type-unique 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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References
Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks type-unique-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.