MAL-2026-14475

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ecobee-home/MAL-2026-14475.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14475
Published
2026-08-25T06:45:38Z
Modified
2026-08-25T23:49:44.736699773Z
Summary
Malicious code in ecobee-home (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (9a02620d2c1be5db8251957a24b2dacf01b146b1ee009169a9d828cb1f2a7425)

The package's declared postinstall script runs beacon.js, which issues an HTTP GET to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint (http://169.58.96.170:9001/cb) carrying the installer's hostname and the package name as query parameters. This fires automatically on npm install with no user opt-in. Reaching out to a bare-IP over plain HTTP with the installer's hostname on install is host-identifier reconnaissance/exfiltration to an attacker-controlled endpoint; the placeholder README and lookalike package name are consistent with a dependency-confusion / recon beacon rather than legitimate telemetry.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "0.0.2"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "9a02620d2c1be5db8251957a24b2dacf01b146b1ee009169a9d828cb1f2a7425",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018693",
            "import_time": "2026-08-25T06:50:12.902628692Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-25T06:45:38Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / ecobee-home

Package

Name
ecobee-home
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Purl
pkg:npm/ecobee-home

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.2

Database specific

indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "beacon.js",
            "tlsh": "3fd023db52c4531854677110c57f0806e2d7d11129d90d404c4046f21e7455615175f4",
            "sha256": "73836d315574263f89a5285ed38ebdd2c81a1028be3d167596b4704665be0902"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "5481e790e0d8bc9a4abc26b3112de91461936f13",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-fokKFE3XxkJ2T7XXdAraOGNJnRFxk5hFGR7at7Er6DUOmHznYgnjelEKfTt+WDb5TZgN85AQLqC9kVhCJ4perg=="
            },
            "filename": "ecobee-home-0.0.2.tgz"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ecobee-home/MAL-2026-14475.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]