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Malicious MAL-2026-14279

localize-translate

npm package · versions 1.0.0

Reported Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 19, 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 (1a4a3b42b13a5ba692edd9761c2d32d6682f555828df49cb44e40b623861a1f0)
On `npm install`, the package's postinstall lifecycle script collects installer host identifiers (hostname, platform, arch, node version, package name, timestamp, npm lifecycle event) and POSTs them as JSON to the hardcoded host gigww0v7.instances.poc.jchunt.top at path /localize-translate. The destination is a non-registry, author-controlled endpoint that the installer never opted into, and the beacon fires automatically at install time on every host that installs the package. The collected fields are limited to host identity (no credential, filesystem, or environment scraping is present), but the beacon is unconditional, undisclosed, and directed to a third-party host — the shape of an install-time reconnaissance callback rather than legitimate telemetry.