MalwarePublished 12 Nov 2025

lookingan-jaja86 (npm) · Malicious Code

Affects lookingan-jaja86Source GCVE Database

Malicious package : remove lookingan-jaja86 and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 20:55 UTC

Classification

Malicious package

Published to npm · OSV MAL-2025-179866

What to do

Remove lookingan-jaja86 from every project, lockfile and image that pulls it in. Treat any host that installed it as compromised: rotate the credentials, tokens and keys it could read, from a clean machine.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
npmlookingan-jaja86	Affected–	Fixed in–

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Description

The lookingan-jaja86 npm package is part of a malicious campaign linked to tea.xyz token rewards. It contains autopublish scripts that automatically generate and publish derivative packages with randomized names to inflate developer reputation scores. The payload modifies package.json files to remove private flags, alters version numbers, and creates Indonesian-themed or English package names. This activity results in continuous republishing of variants, polluting the npm registry.

Impact

The malicious payload leads to pollution of the npm registry by continuously publishing numerous derivative packages with randomized names. This can degrade the quality and trustworthiness of the npm ecosystem and potentially mislead developers relying on reputation scores. There is no indication of direct exploitation or compromise of end-user systems from this package alone.

Defensive guidance

Users and maintainers of the npm registry should be aware of this campaign and consider removing or blocking packages associated with this activity. Developers should verify package authenticity and avoid installing suspicious or automatically generated packages. Registry maintainers may implement detection and removal of such autopublish scripts to prevent further pollution.

Summary

This threat involves the lookingan-jaja86 npm package, which is associated with the tea.xyz token reward campaign. The package includes autopublish scripts (such as auto.js and autopublish.js variants) that automate the creation and publication of derivative packages with randomized names. These scripts modify package.json to remove privacy flags and manipulate version numbers to enable repeated publication. The campaign's goal is to artificially inflate developer reputation scores for tea protocol token rewards by flooding the npm registry with numerous variants of these packages, many with Indonesian-themed names.

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