hushed_zebra_green-81npm
Advisory published Updated
hushed_zebra_green-81 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-18610) that executes malicious code on install (malicious version 2.4.2). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in hushed_zebra_green-81 (npm)
What this malware does
Part of a self-republishing campaign: generated names of the form <adjective><animal><colour>-<number>, each package shipping the same autopublish.js, which runs npm publish --access public to publish the package again. Self-replicating publication is the propagation step of a registry worm and fills the registry with copies. Version examined: 2.4.2; tarball SHA-256 ffebf73f874c957dd668301a366650064b7e52d0b33aca0943fdd0e1f7d58807.
Malicious versions
Detection & response playbook
Malicious packageFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for hushed_zebra_green-81 (version 2.4.2).
If you installed it — respond
Remove hushed_zebra_green-81 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 hushed_zebra_green-81 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
Credits
- Oluwatosin Amokeodo · finder
Detect & block this
O3 blocks hushed_zebra_green-81-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.