react-vite-assert
This report shows the evidence for react-vite-assert@1.4.1, the only known version.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-5933 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-5933
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in react-vite-assert (npm)
Details
react-vite-assert@1.4.1 executes attacker-controlled JavaScript whenever the package is imported. The main entry transitively loads src/features/extras/config.js, which runs a top-level async IIFE that issues an HTTPS GET to https://www.jsonkeeper.com/b/HXDNM, takes the `data.config` string from the response, wraps it with `new Function('require', s)`, and invokes it with a `createRequire(import.meta.url)`-built `require` — granting the fetched code full Node.js access (filesystem, network, child_process, env). The fetch is retried up to 5 times. The remote URL and request headers are disguised by a fake local `process` shadow object whose keys are named DEV_API_KEY/DEV_SECRET_KEY/DEV_SECRET_VALUE, where DEV_API_KEY actually holds the paste URL and the other two hold a request header name/value — deliberate misdirection rather than configuration. jsonkeeper.com is an anonymous, mutable paste host: whoever controls /b/HXDNM can change the executed payload at any time without republishing the package. The combination of import-time auto-execution, anonymous mutable code source, eval of fetched bytes with full `require`, and cover-story variable naming is unambiguous supply-chain attack tradecraft.
References
Source & flagged code
0 flagged · loading sourceNo flagged code excerpts are attached to this scan.
Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to react-vite-assert@1.4.1.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing react-vite-assert@1.4.1. 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.
Think this verdict is wrong? Dispute it on GitHub or read how reports are produced.