MAL-2026-12508

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@shiftmarkets/no-brainer-sdk/MAL-2026-12508.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-12508
Published
2026-08-05T13:09:44Z
Modified
2026-08-05T14:35:04.478324211Z
Summary
Malicious code in @shiftmarkets/no-brainer-sdk (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (3149c40a7290d16b0247a1128a3e25ba1614e87e5c7261e486ce2e826ac66987)

The package runs node dist/recon.js as a postinstall lifecycle script on every npm install. The script collects host reconnaissance from the installer machine — hostname, username, SUDOUSER, homedir, cwd, network interface addresses (including internal/private IPs), CI indicators, npm lifecycle metadata, and the full list of environment variable names — and additionally filters those names against a credential-focused regex (AWS, GCP, GOOGLE, AZURE, NPM, NODEAUTH, DOCKER, KUBE, VAULT, TOKEN, SECRET, KEY, PASS, CRED, GITHUB, GITLAB, SSH) to produce a secretish_names list. The JSON payload is POSTed over plain HTTP to the hardcoded bare-IPv4 endpoint http://138.68.108.20:80/cb, which is not a Shift Markets domain. The code labels itself as 'NON-SENSITIVE telemetry' but the destination is an unrelated bare IP and the installer never opted in. Enumerating which cloud/CI secret names exist on the host maps the target's credential inventory for follow-up attacks.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-014907",
            "import_time": "2026-08-05T14:19:41.85393261Z",
            "sha256": "3149c40a7290d16b0247a1128a3e25ba1614e87e5c7261e486ce2e826ac66987",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-05T13:09:44Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.18"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @shiftmarkets/no-brainer-sdk

Package

Name
@shiftmarkets/no-brainer-sdk
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40shiftmarkets/no-brainer-sdk

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.18

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-piREEwlLCkrhTzoasTtyBL3/I4pp2mToMD2xsF90WFVcMwImYCbt0oYOWLDa9d+XyqV4aDvJGobnz31f+NTWFA==",
                "sha1": "b66c7c95cdcca765c7b77bd2f2d1b29fb8de12f8"
            },
            "filename": "no-brainer-sdk-1.0.18.tgz"
        }
    ],
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "dist/recon.js",
            "sha256": "cf516a4fddaeeec18aa158b24503fb532cb928411b6720ee31516e9b00510057",
            "tlsh": "0c51845612b92532229256a9366b10013233f0273f85f9d8bddc13611fcd42d41f6bed"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@shiftmarkets/no-brainer-sdk/MAL-2026-12508.json"