uipath-sugar-sellnpm
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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)
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
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for uipath-sugar-sell (version 99.9.1).
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.
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.
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Credits
- Amazon Inspector · finder
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.