MAL-2026-18447: Malicious code in zystcdemo (npm)

Published Oct 29, 2026
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Updated

zystcdemo presents itself as a simple date formatting utility and runs its postinstall payload on npm install with node postinstall.js. The payload collects the whoami result, hostname, platform, and current time, then sends them in a POST request to https://srctest.zystcc.cn/collect; npm account zyst published it on 2026-10-29 (UTC).

Affected Software

1 affected component
npm/zystcdemo=1.0.0

Event History

Oct 29, 2026
Advisory Published
via OSV·07:22 AM
Data Sourced
via OSV·07:22 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

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