CRITICAL npm Malware
Malicious code in ahooks-3.7.8 (npm)
MAL-2026-10620
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Source: amazon-inspector (c6816bbe8dc3e7d033a03452f7c1e8f873b97c158165faa863694ee13eb6dd61)
Package published as ahooks-3.7.8 at version 13.1.1 with empty author/description/license impersonates the legitimate ahooks React hooks library. package.json declares a preinstall hook that runs node index.js, which collects the installer's hostname, platform, architecture, username/uid/gid/shell, home directory, current working directory, and the output of whoami and id, and POSTs the JSON to the hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain https://q7y246t0aca8jr8vfs8c900s4jaay1mq.oastify.com/detox56. The script auto-executes on npm install without any user interaction.
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