MAL-2026-2853

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/react-hook-form/MAL-2026-2853.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2853

Aliases

GHSA-w8j3-qvc3-h56f

Published

2026-04-18T07:33:44Z

Modified

2026-04-18T07:48:41.163432Z

Summary

Malicious code in react-hook-form (npm)

Details

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Source: ghsa-malware (5aa9ba7a4ea0b89453bdd073b8ffb80b6e3baab6684d5652a1e898c2bacb5a66)

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Database specific

{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "id": "GHSA-w8j3-qvc3-h56f",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-18T07:33:45Z",
            "sha256": "5aa9ba7a4ea0b89453bdd073b8ffb80b6e3baab6684d5652a1e898c2bacb5a66",
            "versions": [
                "7.73.0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-04-18T07:40:11.670857683Z"
        }
    ]
}

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w8j3-qvc3-h56f

Affected packages

npm / react-hook-form

Package

Name: react-hook-form; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/react-hook-form

Affected ranges

Affected versions

7.*

7.73.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/react-hook-form/MAL-2026-2853.json"

cwes

[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]