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Malicious package

uipath-sugar-sellnpm

Advisory published Updated

uipath-sugar-sell is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-5455) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 99.9.1). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in uipath-sugar-sell (npm)

MAL-2026-5455
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall uipath-sugar-sell

What this malware does

Package [email protected] exhibits the canonical dependency-confusion shape: an internal-sounding name targeting a UiPath/SugarSell namespace, a 99.9.1 version overshoot designed to win semver resolution against any private registry, an empty index.js (module.exports = {}) so the package provides no actual functionality, and a single dependency ltidisafe declared as a direct URL https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-2.7.8.tgz. The path segment depenconf is explicit naming of the dependency-confusion technique. Installing this package causes npm to fetch and install the off-registry tarball from the Google Cloud Storage bucket, bypassing the public registry's audit surface; any lifecycle scripts in that tarball execute on the installer's machine at npm install time, and the tarball contents are mutable by whoever controls the bucket.

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
99.9.1

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

70cd5d70323e92395a2ea8f61a4089f1cca94e4bb81a7cad1375ae47d3461e6f
ed7b735f00928b9124be0c9baa0e069e8ac61d303725b62584a17e31be8de57e
79e777e1ac88cd9709d47f24704b0889436cfc0f1b3a1738a5009b0500301e2f

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for uipath-sugar-sell (version 99.9.1).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove uipath-sugar-sell from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If uipath-sugar-sell 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. uipath-sugar-sell on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 99.9.1 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-005055IN-MAL-2026-005056GHSA-xc4q-c25v-qv6v

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks uipath-sugar-sell-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.

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