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tlxbnhd@0.0.1

OSV Malicious Advisory

imported 18d ago · by OpenSSF/OSV

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-16385 confirms this npm version as malicious. The tlxbnhd package ships obfuscated preinstall.js and postinstall.js lifecycle scripts that, on npm install, download two files from https://api.imghippo.com/files/hOG8244hc.png (an anonymous image-hosting URL disguised with a.png extension), write them into the package directory as gldriver_pre_core.exe and gldriver_pre_asset.exe, and launch them using platform-specific commands (start on Windows, open on macOS,...

Advisory

MAL-2026-16385

Source

OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV

Summary

Malicious code in tlxbnhd (npm)

Details

The tlxbnhd package ships obfuscated preinstall.js and postinstall.js lifecycle scripts that, on npm install, download two files from https://api.imghippo.com/files/hOG8244hc.png (an anonymous image-hosting URL disguised with a.png extension), write them into the package directory as gldriver_pre_core.exe and gldriver_pre_asset.exe, and launch them using platform-specific commands (start on Windows, open on macOS, xdg-open/mspaint on Linux). After launch the scripts unlink the dropped files to remove traces. The URLs, filenames, and shell commands are hidden inside an obfuscator.io-style rotating string array with an index-shifting IIFE. The same dropper runs from both preinstall and postinstall, so it executes twice per install.

Decision reason

OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms tlxbnhd@0.0.1 as malicious (MAL-2026-16385): Malicious code in tlxbnhd (npm)

References

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Findings

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Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to tlxbnhd@0.0.1.

See version security history for other recorded verdicts.

Avoid installing tlxbnhd@0.0.1. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

Evidence last updated: 2026-09-22 15:31:47.724Z (UTC).

Source advisory published: 2026-09-22 14:52:21.000Z (UTC).

This report uses published external intelligence. The advisory does not provide a separate source-code analysis for each listed version.