mal-2026-16174
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: amazon-inspector (c9c1a2da5555fcd5b4350c7adf91acc2730d3afe436979553905ab3a28cd5877)
Package declares a preinstall hook that runs index.js on npm install. The script collects hostname, username, homedir, DNS servers, cwd, and the full package.json, and POSTs them to https://l2ha5tswnm71286wnjgrngvb4tyejmdpe.i.dr0gas.com via https.request. It additionally serializes the entire process.env with JSON.stringify(process.env) and POSTs it to the same host's /exf path via fetch. On CI and developer machines the environment routinely contains credentials (npm/AWS/GCP tokens, CI secrets), so this bulk env transmission constitutes credential harvesting. The package name and behavior are consistent with a dependency-confusion beacon.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cwes": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
}
],
"indicators": {
"evidence_files": [
{
"path": "index.js",
"sha256": "6686205b181b18a3839a1d52ee768f85d0f80d4af5aa1981d4db7a58f3c9e3e3",
"tlsh": "5e4194c848f222340e7f64d8a69ea409565ade27b80ddcd4fa5e47c05fc97bc1531af2"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"filename": "alkajsdfoiwqeusdflkjsdf-3.7.3.tgz",
"hashes": {
"sha1": "8a3e462045ab311670a220100c8182eecf559c91",
"sha512_sri": "sha512-OSumBZOsgmJQ3gm4EK74g2nXU6XNx4cX5tPxoG/k7Fj3gEQehNLCEUGY7t9d4lK8s7j+IrozVbrjZxk9kOHAqQ=="
}
}
]
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "alkajsdfoiwqeusdflkjsdf"
},
"versions": [
"3.7.3"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"inspector-research@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-020066",
"import_time": "2026-09-15T16:19:15.884945829Z",
"modified_time": "2026-09-15T15:55:44Z",
"sha256": "c9c1a2da5555fcd5b4350c7adf91acc2730d3afe436979553905ab3a28cd5877",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"3.7.3"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (c9c1a2da5555fcd5b4350c7adf91acc2730d3afe436979553905ab3a28cd5877)\nPackage declares a preinstall hook that runs index.js on npm install. The script collects hostname, username, homedir, DNS servers, cwd, and the full package.json, and POSTs them to https://l2ha5tswnm71286wnjgrngvb4tyejmdpe.i.dr0gas.com via https.request. It additionally serializes the entire process.env with JSON.stringify(process.env) and POSTs it to the same host\u0027s /exf path via fetch. On CI and developer machines the environment routinely contains credentials (npm/AWS/GCP tokens, CI secrets), so this bulk env transmission constitutes credential harvesting. The package name and behavior are consistent with a dependency-confusion beacon.\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-16174",
"modified": "2026-09-15T15:55:44Z",
"published": "2026-09-15T15:55:44Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/alkajsdfoiwqeusdflkjsdf/v/3.7.3"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in alkajsdfoiwqeusdflkjsdf (npm)"
}
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