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Malicious package

werufgugweuiguiwergquinpm

Advisory published Updated

werufgugweuiguiwergqui is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2025-190575) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 2.3.9). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in werufgugweuiguiwergqui (npm)

MAL-2025-190575
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall werufgugweuiguiwergqui

What this malware does

The package werufgugweuiguiwergqui was found to contain malicious code.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'werufgugweuiguiwergqui' @ 2.3.9 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
2.3.9

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

c56a1e5358ffab907e5bc9374fd05a43fdf5ee4335e7f675b2464cb21b9b1031
6b0713cad30ef783b4e799858b0b42ec77487f58a9ab6ac77c9941ee1f3bdf8b

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for werufgugweuiguiwergqui (version 2.3.9).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove werufgugweuiguiwergqui 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 werufgugweuiguiwergqui 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. werufgugweuiguiwergqui on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 2.3.9 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder
  • OpenSSF: Package Analysis · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks werufgugweuiguiwergqui-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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werufgugweuiguiwergqui (npm) malicious package — MAL-2025-190575 | O3 Security