react-next-vite (npm) · Malicious Code
Affects react-next-viteSource GCVE Database
Malicious package : remove react-next-vite and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:56 UTC
Malicious package
Published to npm · OSV MAL-2026-10211
What to do
Remove react-next-vite 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-next-vite | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
The npm package react-next-vite version 1.2.9 impersonates the pino logger and contains malicious code that spawns a detached child process to fetch and execute remote JavaScript payloads. This payload is retrieved from a mutable IPFS gateway and executed with full access to the Node.js runtime via Function constructor and require. The package also uses base64-encoded URLs hidden in fake environment variables as a second-stage configuration channel, making it a fully weaponized dropper that activates when the module's default export is used.