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Malicious package

@hrmony/hyper-json-buildernpm

Advisory published Updated

@hrmony/hyper-json-builder is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-17282) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.99.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @hrmony/hyper-json-builder (npm)

MAL-2026-17282
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @hrmony/hyper-json-builder

What this malware does

On module load, index.js performs top-level fetch to a hardcoded attacker-controlled endpoint at https://hrnmn.dd.h4x.tv/save_instance_info_from_pkge_hrmony_hyper-json-builder and triggers two credential-harvest routines. The first enumerates all entries of process.env and recursively reads /var/run/secrets/ (Kubernetes service-account tokens and mounted secrets), then POSTs the combined payload to that endpoint. The second obtains an IMDSv2 token against 169.254.169.254, queries EC2 instance metadata paths including identity-credentials/ec2/security-credentials and iam/security-credentials/<role>, and POSTs the retrieved IAM role credentials to the same endpoint. The destination path embeds this package's own name, indicating targeted exfiltration keyed to installations of this package. The package.json also declares an unpinned dependency @hrmony/kit-5 ^1.0.0 under the same scope that is not imported by the shipped code.

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.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
1.99.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

08fe204e5637fe696905f683edb7cba0c44df4ca14cbd809b3884f149d5dd90a
d8139053048172994cadd0251ef74e5104c489dcb4f0448153ea9342b3feb707

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @hrmony/hyper-json-builder (version 1.99.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @hrmony/hyper-json-builder is built to steal secrets, so assume every credential the build or runtime could read is compromised. Remove it from your project and lockfile, then rotate ALL exposed secrets — npm/registry tokens, cloud keys, CI/CD secrets, SSH keys, and any .env values — from a known-clean machine. Audit logs for unauthorized use of those credentials.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @hrmony/hyper-json-builder 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. @hrmony/hyper-json-builder on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.99.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-r476-wfgx-8rc7IN-MAL-2026-020670

References

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder

Detect & block this

O3 blocks @hrmony/hyper-json-builder-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

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@hrmony/hyper-json-builder (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-17282 | O3 Security