# MAL-2026-10620: Malicious code in ahooks-3.7.8 (npm)


- **Type:** Malicious package
- **Package:** `ahooks-3.7.8` (npm)
- **Published:** 14 Jul 2026

## What is MAL-2026-10620?

MAL-2026-10620 is a malicious package in ahooks-3.7.8, published on 14 Jul 2026. 

### Official description

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.

## What should I do about MAL-2026-10620?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
MAL-2026-10620 is a malicious package: ahooks-3.7.8 (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.

Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10620/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10620/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-10620

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10620/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.