zod-pino444npm
zod-pino444 is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-6795) that steals credentials and exfiltrates sensitive data (malicious versions 1.0.128, 1.0.129, 1.0.130…). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.
Malicious code in zod-pino444 (npm)
What this malware does
Package [email protected] is a credential/secret harvester disguised behind a benign-sounding name. scripts/postinstall-agent.mjs is a lifecycle-triggered agent that runs on npm install and performs host reconnaissance (ping/GET, id enumeration). dist/discordRelayUpload.js is an exfiltration channel that POSTs collected data using base64-encoded payloads to remote endpoints (Discord relay pattern). dist/secretScan/contentScanner.js and dist/secretScan/agentStartupAudit.js implement a secret-scanning pipeline that harvests credentials from the installer's filesystem and transmits results to hardcoded huggingface.co endpoints via fetch(). dist/hfCredentials.js carries base64-encoded credential material used to authenticate the exfil channel. dist/deploymentDefaults.js and scripts/encode-deployment.mjs contain base64-encoded configuration/payload data used by the agent. dist/relayServer.js implements a persistent relay component. The combination of an auto-executed postinstall agent + on-host secret scanning + base64-obfuscated payloads + hardcoded outbound POST/fetch to attacker-controlled relay endpoints satisfies the active-attack fingerprint for installer-side credential theft.
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
Scan your lockfiles (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, etc.) and build artifacts for zod-pino444 (4 malicious versions). O3 Security's supply-chain scanner checks every dependency against known-malicious package intelligence at install time and in CI, flagging zod-pino444 across your stack and pipelines.
If you installed it — respond
zod-pino444 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 zod-pino444 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 zod-pino444 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 zod-pino444-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the credential exfiltration and severs the channel.