wxwxttnpm
Advisory published Updated
wxwxtt is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-18701) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious versions 0.0.0, 0.0.1, 0.1.0…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in wxwxtt (npm)
What this malware does
wxwxtt is a dependency-confusion package (versions up to 99.0.1) from the same campaign as troubleshooting (MAL-2026-17641): a postinstall script runs beacon.cjs, which POSTs the installing host's name, install path and working directory to a hard-coded collector, and index.js, byte-identical to the troubleshooting payload (sha256 a86a4da763bbb34c16f361abe7aab66d5df591b66867ac8160041f932159b08d), does the same when imported.
Malicious versions
Detection & response playbook
Backdoor / remote accessFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for wxwxtt (10 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
wxwxtt 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 wxwxtt 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
References
Credits
- CyberXYZ · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks wxwxtt-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.