LWA-2026-11203 MAL-2026-13970 ↗ confirmed malware

@hzero-front-ui/hzero-ui@99.99.99

Malicious code in @hzero-front-ui/hzero-ui (npm)

T1082 · System Information DiscoveryT1071.001 · Web ProtocolsT1048 · Exfiltration Over Alternative ProtocolT1059.004 · Unix Shell

Analysis

@hzero-front-ui/hzero-ui@99.99.99 is a version-squat stub (99.99.99, ~500-byte tarball) on a scoped name mimicking the hzero-ui UI library. Its preinstall and install hooks both run on install: they base64-encode the installer's username, hostname, and working directory together with the package name, POST that string to hxxps://<pkgsub>.callback[.]m0chan[.]co[.]uk/<b64> via curl, and also exfiltrate the base64-encoded package name via an nslookup DNS query to <pkgdns>.<pkgsub>.callback[.]m0chan[.]co[.]uk. The package exfiltrates host metadata to the callback domain m0chan[.]co[.]uk on every install.

analyzed by
Leitwacht
first seen
Aug 13, 2026, 08:28 PM
analyzed
Aug 13, 2026, 08:30 PM

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