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Malicious package

react-query-core-utilsnpm

Malicious code in react-query-core-utils (npm) Remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

MAL-2026-1837
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall react-query-core-utils

What this malware does

The package react-query-core-utils was found to contain malicious code.

Malicious versions

12 flagged
4.4.14.4.24.4.34.4.44.4.54.4.64.4.74.4.84.4.94.5.14.5.24.5.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

1a3e776ed61f53631d9afd989879908a13c099492da8d9ffd27a0b95f58fe81e
3bce94f40a0e1879b184cd9f5abb5f4850d66aa5705b231b41337c2e2e33a3de

Detection & response playbook

Malicious package
  1. Find it

    Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for react-query-core-utils (12 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging react-query-core-utils across your stack and pipelines.

  2. If you installed it — respond

    Remove react-query-core-utils 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.

  3. Did it already run?

    If react-query-core-utils 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 blocks react-query-core-utils 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.

Frequently asked questions

No. react-query-core-utils on npm has been identified as a malicious package (versions 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.4.6, 4.4.7, 4.4.8, and 4 more flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

RLMA-2026-01534

Credits

  • Amazon Inspector · finder
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Detect & block this

O3 blocks react-query-core-utils-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.

react-query-core-utils (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-1837 | O3 Security