Malicious code in @zmtcdn/components (npm)
What to do
Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.
This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.
Affected packages
npm @zmtcdn/components
- Affected
- >= 9999.0.0, <= 9999.0.0
- Fixed in
- no fixed version recorded
Sources
- Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV.dev), including the GitHub Advisory Database
OSV record MAL-2026-18372 lists affected ranges: npm @zmtcdn/components >=9999.0.0 <=9999.0.0
VerifiedObserved Structured OSV record; not marked as GitHub-reviewed.
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
As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.
@zmtcdn/components@9999.0.0 is a dependency-confusion package with an empty `index.js` and a description of "Security research PoC". Its postinstall script runs `node postinstall.js` on npm install, which POSTs the hostname, username, platform, working directory and the names of all environment variables to `https://webhook.site/f52af355-4783-4acb-9de1-5e44b5963025`. It was published by the npm account kill_shs, which also published @zmtcdn/ui with the same script. --- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_
Source: amazon-inspector (4941e85e4ee958b955e6eea78ee49fa9fada8bea694bf63927c8ccaf892ecfe2) The package name suggests a scoped @zmtcdn component library but the version 9999.0.0 is a dependency-confusion-shaped pin. On npm install, postinstall.js runs automatically and collects os.hostname(), os.platform(), os.userInfo().username, process.cwd(), the full list of process.env key names via Object.keys(process.env), and a timestamp, then POSTs the JSON payload via…
Dates and revisions
- Published by the source
- Last modified by the source
- Source last checked
- Revision 1 · created ·
Published from osv record MAL-2026-18372
Agent brief
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# Patch Next advisory brief: mal-2026-18372 Advisory: Malicious code in @zmtcdn/components (npm) IDs: mal-2026-18372 Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-18372 (revision 1, source checked 30 Oct 2026, 06:15 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 @zmtcdn/components: affected >= 9999.0.0, <= 9999.0.0 ## Suggested inspection (read-only) - `npm ls @zmtcdn/components --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 @zmtcdn/components. - 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-2026-18372 (OSV record MAL-2026-18372 lists affected ranges: npm @zmtcdn/components >=9999.0.0 <=9999.0.0) Commands are suggestions: review each one before running it.
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