MAL-2026-15921

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/box-sign-client-poc/MAL-2026-15921.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15921
Published
2026-09-04T06:38:27Z
Modified
2026-09-04T07:00:08.516309250Z
Summary
Malicious code in box-sign-client-poc (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (cc47a8e8a147ec412ecc05d666655b675a36b9eec0823e278767a286993e7e0d)

package.json declares a preinstall hook that runs index.js on npm install. The script reads the installer's hostname and OS username, embeds them together with a timestamp into a DNS subdomain of the form poc-<hostname>-<user>-<timestamp>.iv6mfybhp42k33ysmzi73de5w.canarytokens.com, and issues a DNS resolution for that name, causing the installer's host and user identifiers to be transmitted to a third-party canarytokens.com collector at install time. The package name and framing indicate a dependency-confusion proof-of-concept targeting a Box-branded internal package, but the exfiltration primitive runs against any machine that installs it.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-09-04T06:53:31.765831636Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-019639",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-04T06:38:27Z",
            "sha256": "cc47a8e8a147ec412ecc05d666655b675a36b9eec0823e278767a286993e7e0d"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / box-sign-client-poc

Package

Name
box-sign-client-poc
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Purl
pkg:npm/box-sign-client-poc

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/box-sign-client-poc/MAL-2026-15921.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "index.js",
            "tlsh": "4751ab9469fc40383577488a9497653ba86cefa23346fd20766c424a4ec3bb9d7131bf",
            "sha256": "8eaf5131b39e711e6f015ecf8012ee452011ba0094795496e5101e2dd8f7873b"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "box-sign-client-poc-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "2fb186ba6143b2457b7b0e3c132a7b181c6735c2",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-6iAQRSwBY+F29P9EHaqAr0z8DOYCDz840SxVYZlbwGDQkyFUfEMv0Ij9kOaN7N8s/L8t+lr7L4wxJSEcmHLz/A=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]