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Malicious MAL-2026-12796

messenger-style

npm package · versions 1.0.1

Reported Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Sep 24, 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 (48e89235ade6dcbf682edae5afb7d789c6a834b2ebe032fac72c796734837d10)
The package's preinstall hook runs `node index.js`, which collects host identifiers (`os.hostname()`, `os.userInfo().username`, home directory, DNS servers) and reads `/etc/passwd` and `/etc/hosts` from the installer's machine, then POSTs the collected data over HTTPS to the hardcoded host `pkdzrreksftymvx4d0o5olnxiooic80x.oastify.com` (a Burp Collaborator out-of-band interaction domain). The package name suggests a messaging utility, but no such functionality is present — the sole behavior on `npm install` is host reconnaissance and exfiltration to an attacker-controlled OAST endpoint.