react-fast-refresh-helper
This report shows the evidence for react-fast-refresh-helper@1.2.6. 3 of 3 known versions are blocked or flagged. See all versions.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 3mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-11366 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-11366
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in react-fast-refresh-helper (npm)
Details
Package typosquats a React/Meta-branded name and falsely attributes authorship to 'Meta Open Source'. Its package.json declares a postinstall hook ("postinstall": "node install.js") that runs automatically on npm install. install.js fetches a Windows executable via https.get from an unpinned personal GitHub raw URL (raw.githubusercontent.com/Dunals/kl/main/keylogger.exe), writes it into the OS temp directory under the cover-story filename chrome_update.exe, sets mode 0755, and spawns it detached with stdio ignored. The remote source is a mutable third-party account, the fetched content is opaque and self-labeled 'keylogger', and execution occurs with no verification, hashing, or user interaction on default install.
## Source: ghsa-malware (099a09ef3c31cb84f4c5513772b1ea1ffc63e2f8767cb0b16a79399137a2ef7c) 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 react-fast-refresh-helper@1.2.6.
The same advisory and Firewall decision cover 3 recorded versions
1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing react-fast-refresh-helper@1.2.6. 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: .
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