mal-2026-3124
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Malicious npm package published by threat actor "raya4321" as part of a coordinated typosquatting campaign impersonating Apple internal infrastructure services (authentication, PKI, telemetry, CloudKit, and cloud infrastructure). All packages in this campaign execute credential-theft payloads during npm installation via preinstall or postinstall lifecycle hooks.
Trigger: postinstall. Exfiltrates full system fingerprint including hostname, username, home directory file listing, AWS credentials, GCP active config, and all environment variables, base64-encoded, to https://franki.requestcatcher.com/apple_full_leak via curl.
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Source: amazon-inspector (95aeeda1c4b09aef606511b9d3f46c776a597189420959935831310789d5fcb5)
The package apple-internal-dev-check was found to contain malicious code.
Source: ossf-package-analysis (b9be007ef6ea0b1d3d9ba50b8958b00bc0089155dfc001fdf4988da85469dcd5)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'apple-internal-dev-check' @ 2.0.0 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
- 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"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "apple-internal-dev-check"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "SEMVER"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.0.0"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"actran@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis",
"https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"
],
"name": "OpenSSF: Package Analysis",
"type": "FINDER"
},
{
"contact": [
"https://safedep.io"
],
"name": "SafeDep",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"import_time": "2026-04-28T00:48:37.071975431Z",
"modified_time": "2026-04-27T06:58:17Z",
"sha256": "b9be007ef6ea0b1d3d9ba50b8958b00bc0089155dfc001fdf4988da85469dcd5",
"source": "ossf-package-analysis",
"versions": [
"2.0.0"
]
},
{
"import_time": "2026-04-30T22:23:09.772901354Z",
"modified_time": "2026-04-30T21:59:18Z",
"sha256": "95aeeda1c4b09aef606511b9d3f46c776a597189420959935831310789d5fcb5",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.0.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "Malicious npm package published by threat actor \"raya4321\" as part of a coordinated typosquatting campaign impersonating Apple internal infrastructure services (authentication, PKI, telemetry, CloudKit, and cloud infrastructure). All packages in this campaign execute credential-theft payloads during npm installation via preinstall or postinstall lifecycle hooks.\n\nTrigger: postinstall. Exfiltrates full system fingerprint including hostname, username, home directory file listing, AWS credentials, GCP active config, and all environment variables, base64-encoded, to https://franki.requestcatcher.com/apple_full_leak via curl.\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (95aeeda1c4b09aef606511b9d3f46c776a597189420959935831310789d5fcb5)\nThe package apple-internal-dev-check was found to contain malicious code.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (b9be007ef6ea0b1d3d9ba50b8958b00bc0089155dfc001fdf4988da85469dcd5)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified \u0027apple-internal-dev-check\u0027 @ 2.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-3124",
"modified": "2026-04-30T22:25:08Z",
"published": "2026-04-27T06:58:17Z",
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in apple-internal-dev-check (npm)"
}
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