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Incident detail

criticalnpm·credential theft·osv

Malicious code in npm-sandbox-research-e9f0 (npm)

npm-sandbox-research-e9f0

Risk score

92

AI summary

Indexed incident for npm-sandbox-research-e9f0 (npm).

Description

Package declares a postinstall hook ("postinstall": "node run.js") that executes automatically on npm install. The tarball ships beacon scripts (beacon13.js, beacon_linux.js) that combine require('child_process'), require('os'), and require('http')/http.request to gather host identifiers (os.hostname(), os.platform()) and transmit them via HTTP POST/GET requests. This is the canonical install-time host-recon and exfiltration shape: lifecycle hook auto-execution, host enumeration via the os module, command execution capability via child_process, and outbound HTTP. Installing this package causes immediate disclosure of host metadata and provides a code-execution surface on the installer's machine.

Technical details

Affected versions

=1.0.0

Indicators

  • affected version=1.0.075%

Timeline

  1. Advisory published
  2. Indexed by ThreatPkg

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