MAL-2026-14231

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chromecast-webdriver-cli/MAL-2026-14231.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14231
Published
2026-08-19T03:41:37Z
Modified
2026-08-19T04:00:18.359114449Z
Summary
Malicious code in chromecast-webdriver-cli (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (0c858cd5357d77c39366f7bd1cc1985a5d7012d33da45d6dc9667544b54198d6)

chromecast-webdriver-cli@1.0.0 runs a postinstall lifecycle script that collects host metadata (os.hostname(), platform, arch, node version, package name, npm lifecycle event) and POSTs it as JSON to the hardcoded host h77svwt7.instances.poc.jchunt.top at /chromecast-webdriver-cli on every npm install. The destination is an anonymous subdomain unrelated to the upstream project the package name references (shaka-project/generic-webdriver-server). No opt-in, no first-party publisher relationship, and no functional package code — the beacon fires automatically and transmits installer-identifying data to a third-party endpoint. The package name reproduces a legitimate-sounding upstream tool, which is the fingerprint of a dependency-confusion / typosquat beacon.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T03:49:30.688279317Z",
            "sha256": "0c858cd5357d77c39366f7bd1cc1985a5d7012d33da45d6dc9667544b54198d6",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T03:41:37Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018331",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / chromecast-webdriver-cli

Package

Name
chromecast-webdriver-cli
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Purl
pkg:npm/chromecast-webdriver-cli

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/chromecast-webdriver-cli/MAL-2026-14231.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "6380c19f709d00b6ef193fae41b082dedc633c7213428f2f4b694547c621c177",
            "tlsh": "1501f4d1d1b55a3567b8a28064f15e0653baf123370610b679d405a92f8d1f9003119c",
            "path": "postinstall.js"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "chromecast-webdriver-cli-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "816201bbfe714969a77095a0e17e1386e23a6fd5",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-WyPA/WI5ZTZxKeD6Ve8SkVh51C+L1Fm0suOousyBIKvMSjvqo2tBpMlZniBXeFZnO0gTpTFyg2vA1NOd4KChpQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    }
]