uibabainpm
uibabai is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-12054) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 5.7.5). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in uibabai (npm)
What this malware does
index.js has malicious code appended after a legitimate Tailwind plugin export. On any require()/import of the package, the appended block queries the public Ethereum RPC eth.drpc.org for a transaction from the hardcoded address 0xa322e5f3d311d3080e6f0121063e9adc2490ef1a, derives an IPv4 C2 endpoint from the first 4 bytes of the transaction's to field, fetches XOR-encrypted payloads over plain HTTP from paths /0x/cls and /0x/ls, and executes the decrypted bytes via eval and a spawned node -e child process. Identifiers such as require, http, https, child_process, POST, application/json, base64, and the eth_blockNumber/eth_getBlockByNumber RPC method names are hidden behind \uXXXX unicode escapes, and server responses are XOR-decoded before execution. The blockchain lookup functions as a dead-drop resolver so the C2 IP can be rotated by publishing a new Ethereum transaction without modifying the package.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for uibabai (version 5.7.5). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging uibabai across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
uibabai 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 uibabai 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 uibabai 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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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks uibabai-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.