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Malicious package

hydration-ui-dlxnpm

Advisory published Updated

hydration-ui-dlx is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14577) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious version 1.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in hydration-ui-dlx (npm)

MAL-2026-14577
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall hydration-ui-dlx

What this malware does

The package's main module contains a top-level IIFE that chmods 0o755 and detached-spawns dist/internal/math-calc.mjs, which is a Linux x86_64 ELF executable rather than a JavaScript module. Simply importing the package launches the binary as a background process on the installer's host. The bundled implant contacts a hardcoded C2 at 217.60.77.63 and provides full post-exploitation capability: interactive remote shell (/redshell), fetch-and-execute of additional ELF payloads and shellcode from http://217.60.77.63/Others/ and /SC/ (including fileless in-memory execution via memfd_create syscall 319), exfiltration of files, SSH keys, credentials, database contents, and clipboard data via chunked HTTP POST to http://217.60.77.63/api/extract-receive, systemd-user-unit persistence written to ~/.config/systemd/user/svc-update.service and masqueraded as "System Update Service" with Restart=always, and SOCKS5 proxy plus arbitrary TCP port-forwarding that turns the host into an attacker network pivot. The README describes the package as a dependency-free calendar-day bucketing utility and the loader labels the binary a "native math accelerator"; both are cover stories inconsistent with the ELF's actual functionality, and the.mjs extension on a native ELF is deliberate extension spoofing to evade review.

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
1.0.0

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

850048b818cfd272d890100796fac5740cbfd1bda8a5c2430807a75345f1c122
e76afa004355ba53a89056c6daff511bb4f41e2bd666e2a5592d033e079e5740

Detection & response playbook

Credential / info stealer
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for hydration-ui-dlx (version 1.0.0).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    hydration-ui-dlx 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 hydration-ui-dlx 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. hydration-ui-dlx on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 1.0.0 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

GHSA-j5x7-qc6j-xwg4IN-MAL-2026-018808

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks hydration-ui-dlx-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.

Explore

hydration-ui-dlx (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-14577 | O3 Security