MAL-2026-4472 Malicious code in @zhengshuo888/huoke (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
@zhengshuo888/huoke
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2026-4472?

MAL-2026-4472 is a malicious package in @zhengshuo888/huoke, published on 21 May 2026.

Official description

On npm install, the package's postinstall hook runs node bin/huoke.js install-skill, which uses execSync to invoke curl -fsSL against https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amswf/huoke/main/SKILL.md and writes the response into ~/.hermes/skills/.../SKILL.md and ~/.openclaw/skills/.... The URL is on a personal GitHub user's account (amswf) that does not match the package's declared repository (huoke-link/huoke-skill), points at a mutable main branch, and the fetched content is not hash- or signature-verified. The package already ships a SKILL.md in the tarball, but the postinstall ignores it and refetches remotely, so the file the AI ends up loading is whatever the controller of that personal repo serves at install time — not the file npm reviewed. The installed SKILL.md is loaded by Hermes/OpenClaw as agent instructions and contains curl directives that the user's AI agent executes with the user's bearer tokens, giving the controller of github.com/amswf/huoke an install-time channel to direct privileged actions on the installer's machine. Separately, bin/huoke.js defaults its server endpoint to http://huoke.link (plaintext HTTP) with a hardcoded shared bearer sk_clawx_dev_2026, so the credential-setup flow it advertises transmits the installer's email, verification code, and password in cleartext under a key shared by every installer — a quality issue layered on top of the install-time-fetch concern.

What should I do about MAL-2026-4472?

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

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