framework-zeronpm
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framework-zero is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15500) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 45.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in framework-zero (npm)
What this malware does
package.json line 11 declares a dependency whose source is the bare HTTPS URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/framework-zero instead of a registry version range. On npm install this URL is fetched and installed, running any lifecycle scripts in the returned tarball, with no version pin and no integrity check. The dependency key equals the package's own name (framework-zero), a dependency-confusion shape where the manifest itself is the delivery mechanism, and the pinned version 45.0.0 is implausibly high for the name — consistent with a resolution-winning squat against an internal package. The host repo.securityctrl.com is unrelated to any npm registry and can serve arbitrary content that changes at any time after publish.
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.
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Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for framework-zero (version 45.0.0).
If you installed it — respond
Remove framework-zero 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 framework-zero 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
- Amazon Inspector · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks framework-zero-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.