MAL-2026-14045

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@ferudionz/webautomation/MAL-2026-14045.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14045
Published
2026-08-14T19:03:57Z
Modified
2026-08-14T19:30:11.662343898Z
Summary
Malicious code in @ferudionz/webautomation (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (a55c1cc52c2e4580b15c1b9e32b436719687f489ee4ee55686aec1ec9a3adc59)

The npm package @ferudionz/webautomation exposes a single function connet(x) whose sole behavior is to POST the caller-supplied argument to a hardcoded remote URL. The entire index.js is wrapped in an obfuscator.io-style RC4 string-array (_0x25ec=[...]) with a self-defending anti-debug IIFE (_0x320e22();) that runs at require time. The destination URL is reconstructed at runtime from ~13 concatenated RC4-decoded fragments, hiding it from static inspection. The package ships no README documenting a legitimate service endpoint, has empty author metadata, and describes itself only as a generic 'logger tool'. The package name and its documented usage suggest the argument passed to connet() is a wallet/account identifier, meaning caller-supplied identifiers are silently exfiltrated to an undisclosed author-controlled destination. The combination of a hidden destination, anti-debug wrapper, and a package that presents itself under an unrelated cover story is inconsistent with legitimate logger/webautomation libraries.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-017916",
            "import_time": "2026-08-14T19:24:34.236206833Z",
            "sha256": "a55c1cc52c2e4580b15c1b9e32b436719687f489ee4ee55686aec1ec9a3adc59",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-14T19:03:57Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @ferudionz/webautomation

Package

Name
@ferudionz/webautomation
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40ferudionz/webautomation

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "index.js",
            "tlsh": "7dd2cc9473c1f803228f5b63bf16a9ece52aa8b678c8544be114b89cf4b9407d5b4df0",
            "sha256": "ae4ad972bd2947f3336256936dd1080991040aa80763033f1e1d5192725f8f7a"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "webautomation-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "35807f2af5d2567cb178375df3bf1f78e0f09d37",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-f0F+kR6QqES731ykwzD6UAcK5Kr8uTu/oSzUpxkA+izWmnsQEE1xVMefsKOuq4xIliGKVweblwCfgyb4enPzMA=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@ferudionz/webautomation/MAL-2026-14045.json"