zeal-rq-hooks

GHSA-62m8-8rfw-gv5v

Malicious code in zeal-rq-hooks (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 0.0.0`

## Source: amazon-inspector (dcf7e926ec85f72f362263a19d4f99c4b215ddd94ed4454c669c3387cacee164)
The package includes canary.js which imports os/http/https and, at line 123, POSTs a JSON body containing os.hostname(), os.userInfo(), process.platform, node/npm version, and cwd to the hardcoded endpoint https://npm-canary.aveliscare.com. The hostname is not associated with the npm registry or a documented publisher and is embedded directly in the package's own shipped code. The collected fields (hostname, username, platform, cwd) are host-identifying reconnaissance data, and the network destination is not user-configurable in the flagged code path.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/2e378bd92123960dd5c4606447d823e21c81f267/osv/malicious/npm/zeal-rq-hooks/MAL-2026-13742.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/2e378bd92123960dd5c4606447d823e21c81f267/osv/malicious/npm/zeal-rq-hooks/MAL-2026-13742.json
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/zeal-rq-hooks/v/0.0.0
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-62m8-8rfw-gv5v

Compromised versions (1)

= 0.0.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.