hydration-ui-pkgnpm
hydration-ui-pkg is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-15900) 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-pkg (npm)
What this malware does
Package main (dist/index.mjs) locates dist/internal/mathcalc.mjs — a raw x86_64 ELF binary shipped under an.mjs extension and described in the README as a 'native math accelerator' — chmods it to 0755, verifies a pinned SHA-256, and spawns it detached via child_process.spawn on any require/import of the package. daymath.mjs contains a stub function with a comment stating it exists to make the math functions 'look like they rely on the binary', confirming the cover story. The ELF is a full remote-access implant (REDSHELL/SECURE_BEACON) that beacons to hardcoded C2 IP 217.60.77.63 and exfiltrates to https://litterbox.catbox.moe/resources/internals/api.php. Operator commands include /ssh_keys, /creds, /dbfind, /download and /dataextract for harvesting installer SSH private keys, credentials and databases, streamed chunked to POST /api/extract-receive. /redshell elf and /redshell bin fetch additional ELFs and shellcode over TLS-disabled HTTP into memfd (memfd_create syscall 319) or /tmp/.elf_XXXXXX and /tmp/.sc_XXXXXX for in-memory execution. /redshell persist writes ~/.config/systemd/user/svc-update.service (Description=System Update Service, Restart=always) and enables it via systemctl --user for login persistence. Extension-mismatched ELF, fake dependency stub, cover-story README, and hardcoded non-first-party C2 confirm intentional trojanization.
Malicious versions
Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)
Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for hydration-ui-pkg (version 1.0.0). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging hydration-ui-pkg across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
hydration-ui-pkg 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.
Did it already run?
If hydration-ui-pkg was ever installed, its post-install/runtime payload may have already executed. O3's L7 egress monitoring and runtime eBPF sensors detect the credential exfiltration or command-and-control callback after install and block the malicious outbound channel, so you catch and contain the actual compromise — not just the presence of the package.
How O3 protects you
O3 blocks hydration-ui-pkg before install through its supply-chain scanner, and if it has already run, detects and severs the exfiltration or C2 callback at runtime through L7 egress monitoring and eBPF.
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Detect & block this
O3 blocks hydration-ui-pkg-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.