typecript-clinpm
typecript-cli is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14145) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in typecript-cli (npm)
What this malware does
[email protected] is a typosquat of 'typescript' whose scripts/postinstall.js performs an install-time dropper attack. Payload strings are stored as integer arrays and XOR-decoded at runtime with key 'stf2026' via an unpackSegment() helper, hiding the download URL and PowerShell command from static scanners. On Windows hosts, the script downloads main.exe from https://github.com/bebraz1/<repo>/releases/download/<tag>/main.exe (a personal GitHub account unrelated to the package publisher) to %TEMP%/main.exe, then spawns it detached with no hash or signature verification. When running under WSL, the script uses an exec() bridge that invokes powershell.exe on the Windows host to escape the Linux install sandbox and execute the same payload. Postinstall also POSTs a JSON body with the resolved platform label to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at http://193.70.34.101:20099/vote, with the IP assembled from a split octet array (['193','70','34','101'].join('.')) to evade string matching, serving as an install beacon and host selector.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for typecript-cli (version 1.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
typecript-cli 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 typecript-cli 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
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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks typecript-cli-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.