MalwarePublished 5 Aug 2026Updated 21 Aug 2026

react-fontawesome-icons (npm) · Malicious Code

Affects react-fontawesome-iconsSource GCVE Database

Malicious package : remove react-fontawesome-icons and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.

Data as of 21 Aug 2026, 16:29 UTC

Classification

Malicious package

Published to npm · OSV MAL-2026-12423

What to do

Remove react-fontawesome-icons from every project, lockfile and image that pulls it in. Treat any host that installed it as compromised: rotate the credentials, tokens and keys it could read, from a clean machine.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
npmreact-fontawesome-icons	Affected 1.0.1 – 1.0.6 4 affected builds	Fixed in–

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Description

The react-fontawesome-icons package version 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.4, and 1.0.6 contains malicious code that exfiltrates user browser session cookies to a hardcoded external server. The component makes unauthorized network requests on every render, sending sensitive cookie data to an unresolvable and non-legitimate domain. This behavior is deliberate, as indicated by misleading comments and obfuscated code within the package. Any application using this package risks full compromise of the host system.

Impact

Any application rendering this component transmits the user's browser session cookies to an attacker-controlled domain, potentially exposing session tokens and other sensitive information. This can lead to full compromise of the affected computer, as the attacker may gain unauthorized access and control. The presence of this package on a system should be treated as a full compromise, requiring immediate secret and key rotation and thorough system remediation.

Defensive guidance

Remove the react-fontawesome-icons package immediately from all affected systems. Rotate all secrets and keys stored on the compromised computer from a separate, trusted device. Because the package grants potential full control to an attacker, assume the system is fully compromised and perform a comprehensive security assessment and remediation.

Summary

The react-fontawesome-icons package versions 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.4, and 1.0.6 include a default-exported React component that performs an unconditional axios GET request to http://command.control on every render. It then POSTs the user's document.cookie along with static data to http://commad.control/404. The package masquerades as a Font Awesome icon component but includes deliberate misdirection in its source code comments and a base64 flag-decoder near the exfiltration call. The destination hosts are not legitimate and do not resolve, indicating malicious intent to steal session cookies and potentially compromise the host system.

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 21 Aug 2026, 16:29 UTC

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