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Malicious code in react-dropzone-v4 (npm)

GHSA-cqf2-3c3q-p639

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Affected packages

  • npm react-dropzone-v4

    Affected
    every version
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
not scored
EPSS
No dated EPSS signal available.
Source description

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Source: amazon-inspector (28267e7286151b52836170e94617afcb3c49d17424f7b7ea9fab480c6e008c7c) The package's package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle script that runs automatically on npm install. The script performs an nslookup of $(hostname).hzbvy3cmgred066nig6n3ux0y.canarytokens.com and a curl GET to http://hzbvy3cmgred066nig6n3ux0y.canarytokens.com/$(hostname), causing the installer's hostname to be transmitted to a third-party canarytokens.com subdomain via DNS and plaintext HTTP without consent. The package name mimics the popular react-dropzone library and uses an inflated version number (99.0.0) characteristic of dependency-confusion attacks that aim to win resolution against an internal package of the same name. The package provides no legitimate functionality; its only install-time effect is the out-of-band beacon identifying hosts that resolved and installed it.

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  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record MAL-2026-17758

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# Patch Next advisory brief: GHSA-cqf2-3c3q-p639

Advisory: Malicious code in react-dropzone-v4 (npm)
IDs: GHSA-cqf2-3c3q-p639
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-17758 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:40 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm react-dropzone-v4: affected every version

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls react-dropzone-v4 --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on react-dropzone-v4.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17758 (OSV record MAL-2026-17758 lists affected ranges: npm react-dropzone-v4 >=0)

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