z-deno-truth-bwhlsznpm
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z-deno-truth-bwhlsz is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-16470) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.0, 2.0.0). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in z-deno-truth-bwhlsz (npm)
What this malware does
The package's exports field maps the ./package.json subpath to setup.js, so any consumer resolving require('z-deno-truth-bwhlsz/package.json') executes JavaScript instead of reading the manifest. setup.js writes a Deno/Hono handler to /tmp/h.tsx that reads /readflag, /flagserver, /app/backdoor.tsx, and /entrypoint.sh from the host filesystem and returns their contents in the HTTP response, matching on a hitcon{...} pattern. The exports subpath hijack turns routine package-metadata resolution into arbitrary code execution on the installer, and the dropped file is a shipped exfiltration handler intended to be picked up by a Deno server on the host. While the file-read targets are specific to a CTF environment, the delivery mechanism (subpath hijack + filesystem drop) executes on any host that resolves the package's ./package.json subpath.
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
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Detection & response playbook
Credential / info stealerFind it
Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for z-deno-truth-bwhlsz (2 malicious versions).
If you installed it — respond
z-deno-truth-bwhlsz 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 z-deno-truth-bwhlsz 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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Detect & block this
O3 blocks z-deno-truth-bwhlsz-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.