@emerald-react/dropdownnpm
Advisory published Updated
@emerald-react/dropdown is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-1608) that executes malicious code on install (malicious versions 999.999.999, 9999.9999.9999). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in @emerald-react/dropdown (npm)
What this malware does
The package @emerald-react/dropdown was found to contain malicious code.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @emerald-react/dropdown (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
Remove @emerald-react/dropdown from your project and lockfile, then assume any secrets accessible to the build or runtime were exposed: rotate API keys, tokens, and credentials, and audit for unexpected outbound activity or persistence.
Did it already run?
If @emerald-react/dropdown was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.
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Credits
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks @emerald-react/dropdown-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the malicious outbound activity and severs the channel.