MAL-2026-14141

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/test-npm-snurkeburk-hackerone/MAL-2026-14141.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14141
Published
2026-08-18T23:22:36Z
Modified
2026-08-18T23:45:12Z
Summary
Malicious code in test-npm-snurkeburk-hackerone (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (0397c2435e4a2a4b33ec6cc8e396eacfa099aea042b3da6e70d96d86ea53a460)

The package's preinstall lifecycle hook runs node index.js, which shells out to collect installer host identifiers (hostname, cwd, whoami) and the installer's public IP (via curl to ifconfig.me), hex-encodes the concatenated result, and issues nslookup queries against subdomains of snurkeburk.com. This exfiltrates installer host identity over DNS at npm install time, before any consumer code runs. There is no legitimate purpose for a package to encode host identifiers into DNS lookups against an author-controlled zone.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018195",
            "import_time": "2026-08-18T23:41:22.814821119Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-18T23:22:36Z",
            "sha256": "0397c2435e4a2a4b33ec6cc8e396eacfa099aea042b3da6e70d96d86ea53a460",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.999.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / test-npm-snurkeburk-hackerone

Package

Name
test-npm-snurkeburk-hackerone
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Purl
pkg:npm/test-npm-snurkeburk-hackerone

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.999.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "index.js",
            "sha256": "d0833370b7fceaffb68cc816e7834ab3a58d7e21bf2ea49ab11688344be20740",
            "tlsh": "efe068a5f6aa553273e150819c15101b7ac36e672cb2dc21565a853e2284a8ea0689db"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "test-npm-snurkeburk-hackerone-1.999.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "1acefac5c420f1b37591d7ded8528777e0ea632d",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-ijpSV7rV1CjHhPJlxrjpt688tQaFKix4lHfJQ+DcFjRETxjxDWfFTaVv+BBzjO1GCi51FUrunqlN2Msvzsls0g=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/test-npm-snurkeburk-hackerone/MAL-2026-14141.json"