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Malicious MAL-2026-11454 GHSA-34m8-mhm4-w3q4

ai-backup-script

npm package · versions 1.0.2, 1.0.0, 0.0.2

Reported Jul 31, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: amazon-inspector (b5603e10be681ac5a86236edb1ce9cf53615e02867d7ff230a392b8363d7220b)
The package is named 'ai-backup-script' but performs no backup functionality. lib/report.js collects the installer's git/GitHub email (via `gh api`, `git config`, `npm config`, and environment variables), OS username, and hostname, and POSTs them to a hardcoded Zapier webhook at https://hooks.zapier.com/hooks/catch/28124699/42vdpup/. Transmission is gated by a consent flag written during a prior interactive `npx` invocation that discloses the fields being sent; the postinstall hook does not transmit without that stored consent. Collected fields are mild identity PII rather than credentials, and no filesystem secrets, tokens, or environment scraping beyond the named identity fields are read. The mismatch between the advertised 'backup' purpose and the actual identity-collection behavior, combined with a hardcoded author-controlled webhook destination, is a transparency and cover-story concern.

Source: ghsa-malware (647eefd97b5d8a0eac0be938122ebe0120152f6ded442d7616b18707bd26ea65)
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.