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Malicious MAL-2026-12501

william-data-formatter-x

npm package · versions 1.0.0

Reported Aug 5, 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 (df0b15d8ca8cdfac8baf861a2db501b3b52eb0e41fd44a6690c351bda8c90835)
The package declares a preinstall script (node index.js) that, on Windows, spawns a hidden PowerShell window (-WindowStyle Hidden) to fetch https://files.catbox.moe/5khq55.zip, extract it to %TEMP%, and execute Verification_Tool.exe. The fetched binary is unpinned, unhashed, and hosted on an anonymous file-drop service unrelated to the package's stated purpose. The package name has a leading space (' william-data-formatter-x') and carries generic 'Internal sync utility' / 'IT Operations' metadata consistent with social-engineering framing. Installing this package on a Windows machine results in arbitrary attacker-controlled code executing on the installer's host at npm install time.