OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-11082 confirms this npm version as malicious. No suspicious code patterns, lifecycle hooks, network destinations, or credential-access behaviors were identified in this package version. Nothing in the analyzed contents indicates installer-side risk.
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in edu-npm-helper-alpha (npm)
Details
No suspicious code patterns, lifecycle hooks, network destinations, or credential-access behaviors were identified in this package version. Nothing in the analyzed contents indicates installer-side risk.
## Source: ghsa-malware (8c0d091940dd53e17c0559c69dadd3ed7bc12dfdf110b488e01fe235d8033024) 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.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms edu-npm-helper-alpha@1.0.0 as malicious (MAL-2026-11082): Malicious code in edu-npm-helper-alpha (npm)