MAL-2026-14020

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/alelo-api/MAL-2026-14020.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14020
Published
2026-08-14T14:13:28Z
Modified
2026-08-14T14:46:34.635347076Z
Summary
Malicious code in alelo-api (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (0e520850363c3164a09e0772022283849a0abd1b6f60e9168f4a5fd3ff338886)

The package fires attacker-controlled code on npm install via both preinstall.js and index.js (postinstall). preinstall.js collects hostname, username, platform, cwd, and the full process.env, JSON-encodes it, and POSTs it over HTTPS with TLS verification disabled to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint https://209.99.185.109/preinstall. The postinstall path reads installer-owned secret files from the current working directory and its parents (.env, ../.env, ../../.env, .npmrc, package.json), captures process.env, executes whoami and id, and POSTs the aggregate to https://209.99.185.109/postinstall (also with TLS verification disabled). The tarball additionally ships a login.ps1 note referencing the publisher account oxy12@proton.me and a local publish workflow under C:\Users\hp\Documents\alelo\npm-publish; combined with the name alelo-api and version 99.0.0, this indicates a typosquat / dependency-confusion attack aimed at the Alelo organization. Any installer that runs npm install alelo-api leaks environment variables, npm tokens, and any .env secrets in the working tree to the hardcoded IP.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-017769",
            "import_time": "2026-08-14T14:28:07.56111041Z",
            "sha256": "0e520850363c3164a09e0772022283849a0abd1b6f60e9168f4a5fd3ff338886",
            "versions": [
                "99.0.0"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-14T14:13:28Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-017770",
            "import_time": "2026-08-14T14:28:07.67859736Z",
            "sha256": "a2f51421bbedaeb1c9c0bd34829ebad9224a41068662bc855d20c06f7d2cc3b6",
            "versions": [
                "99.0.2"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-14T14:13:36Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / alelo-api

Package

Name
alelo-api
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/alelo-api

Affected ranges

Affected versions

99.*
99.0.0
99.0.2

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    },
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "preinstall.js",
            "tlsh": "2ff002f041b9f2f07af5a6c0b067982261b3e1103917bcf0c9d841456b8f4681173cf1",
            "sha256": "d753bcad41ebf25fd1393ca3e6690c5213b956305ad9c50aa968b717ae7aec37"
        },
        {
            "path": "index.js",
            "tlsh": "4c21e1f067a4a3b07ab556d4e1ae50006263e2123d26b6f0b5d801917b1997815b3db0",
            "sha256": "27b0b358d7bdb88d005f7ac164dff32b13f7ac2c52eea12495e29aac286d3b65"
        },
        {
            "path": "login.ps1",
            "tlsh": "d7f0a272910a614d3ee4466b00f4f536fd3b133269d4de94a6a916c9f8c195c2972833",
            "sha256": "d784a3de392836730544da8e2ba25bcaaad2632f0cc8e4b8ce76b5cb4fe82d2b"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "alelo-api-99.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "f34fb4405b42785465899c11012aea4e50cd4bb1",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-cj9NYG9FuaQoFSwTkZX9PNWgwp1toDVBKAQukBABiB00c1jWmWmWMIdqJ1MLDx6qk1e1r3jAoAnIhxoSTeCUyA=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/alelo-api/MAL-2026-14020.json"