MAL-2026-16120

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/etoro-core/MAL-2026-16120.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16120
Published
2026-09-10T04:43:55Z
Modified
2026-09-10T05:30:11Z
Summary
Malicious code in etoro-core (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (64a03f7bbaa2cb54ffea9a0c98d22bdc2fdb0d368846beefbd8d9c3b5ab3f644)

The package's preinstall lifecycle script (preinstall.js) issues an HTTP GET to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://209.126.81.147/etoro-depconf-poce346552f776f/npm/ with os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, and process.cwd() embedded in the URL path. This runs automatically on npm install and transmits installer host identity over plaintext HTTP to an attacker-controlled destination. The package name and inflated 999.0.0 version are consistent with a dependency-confusion payload targeting an internal etoro-core name.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-019909",
            "import_time": "2026-09-10T05:18:05.948864176Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-10T04:43:55Z",
            "sha256": "64a03f7bbaa2cb54ffea9a0c98d22bdc2fdb0d368846beefbd8d9c3b5ab3f644",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "999.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / etoro-core

Package

Name
etoro-core
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Purl
pkg:npm/etoro-core

Affected ranges

Affected versions

999.*
999.0.0

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": "preinstall.js",
            "sha256": "bee47062733940943fd3a66654f0258135fd62911674304ccac11a43226b5f58",
            "tlsh": "ebe027f4118ca6683ccc01c4636b191ed4dfc705bcdec8c04a55d78587b15f1d6115f0"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "etoro-core-999.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "8d751541e87deb4cff3f46f4544042c4b022a5b4",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-cTZRZDkla9icGKB0uMZIFkE3bNg/s4X0HFJobSTDnbhcLDB5uJ9HBmCiZfwKrBsfXiHK7ZENEADCSdJ6WHR5cg=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/etoro-core/MAL-2026-16120.json"