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Malicious MAL-2026-15847

fieldbase-webapplication-buildtools

npm package · versions 99.99.99

Reported Sep 3, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 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 (8c30b72acbc526ba924e071ebefd3bc3a131d6dc29abaa71fa76deab2836345e)
package.json declares preinstall and install lifecycle scripts that collect the installer's username (whoami), hostname, current working directory, and npm package name, base64-encode them, and send them to the hardcoded endpoint https://eoy34oyrep9j5x8.m.pipedream.net via both an HTTPS GET path and a DNS-lookup channel (nslookup against a subdomain of the same host). This fires automatically on `npm install` with no user interaction. The version number 99.99.99 and package name pattern are consistent with a dependency-confusion lure targeting an internal package name.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (2429684480958b2faee9e5dc817ba4f9b5c9e00bd73052546dde0c033654e8ba)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'fieldbase-webapplication-buildtools' @ 99.99.99 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.