MAL-2026-5623 Malicious code in edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo (npm)

No suspicious code, lifecycle scripts, network destinations, credential reads, or obfuscation were observed in this package. The package name suggests an educational demonstration of dependency chains, and the contents do not exhibit any of the structural fingerprints associated with supply-chain attacks (no install-time fetch-and-execute, no environment scraping, no hardcoded exfil endpoint, no credential-store enumeration).

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.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo' @ 1.0.4 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

• The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.