MAL-2026-16214

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/discord-resolvers/MAL-2026-16214.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16214
Aliases
  • GHSA-whmq-ffxc-4jpc
Published
2026-09-16T06:37:31Z
Modified
2026-09-28T04:45:05Z
Summary
Malicious code in discord-resolvers (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (6aa01ed90340a9458c2906ec74fd9277bb7d0e4da48ef09487639aa6c45e6791)

The package published as discord-resolvers is unrelated to Discord. On require, index.js invokes startBackupLoop() at top level, which recursively archives the /root directory on Linux (or the drive root, typically C:, on Windows) into a ZIP and uploads it via the Telegram Bot API to a hardcoded chat controlled by the package author. The loop repeats every hour and all errors are silently swallowed. The exclude list (node_modules,.git,.cache, tmp) does not exclude credential-bearing paths such as ~/.ssh, ~/.aws, ~/.npmrc,.env files, browser profiles, or wallet stores, so SSH keys, cloud credentials, source code, and other secrets under the archived root are shipped off-host. The Telegram bot token (8296271388:AAH-...) and chatId (8851479019) ship in cleartext in config.json and are the transport mechanism for the exfiltration; the destination is not caller-configurable. The package.json description ("Cross-platform automated server backup tool with Telegram delivery") self-labels the behavior but the package name and the silent auto-execution on require make this a covert exfiltration payload rather than an opt-in backup tool.

Source: ghsa-malware (55190e72768fe3097d180a9ab559f286193f109b0aea457a90e02dc405458ad5)

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-020091",
            "import_time": "2026-09-16T06:56:09.365289397Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-16T06:37:31Z",
            "sha256": "6aa01ed90340a9458c2906ec74fd9277bb7d0e4da48ef09487639aa6c45e6791",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "3.4.2"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-whmq-ffxc-4jpc",
            "import_time": "2026-09-28T04:33:51.328486065Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-28T04:06:18Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "55190e72768fe3097d180a9ab559f286193f109b0aea457a90e02dc405458ad5",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / discord-resolvers

Package

Name
discord-resolvers
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/discord-resolvers

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.2

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "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": "e3543227b7722f724aacdc9a7594b78b900281ae9a0b287caf07558319b7fbdd",
            "tlsh": "31f0ac7e66fd00ba00191dab5e8f8110099b619323b98c42bc5d32e85f83129a264938"
        },
        {
            "path": "src/config.js",
            "sha256": "1d9e9bfe6787487dc7677adc30c00861a9921aff57494bd5496d0c517f841da2",
            "tlsh": "ce3121e611fe0a3b4492193a99dff0522444d8933a09ad6db7dc83885fe50794a72cfc"
        },
        {
            "path": "config.json",
            "sha256": "a7fcaa2fb7d2240469c6581a0737e8ab221225327b7fa4a418f66020ee7a6a9c",
            "tlsh": "22b02b788220044312105a4c551780c45010f40bd0084f2f2041a0a5090402e00e2006"
        },
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "73ec9d6f4c31b14024cdccf493a5c4ee6ec94102a558ae946b7ad0ace5bd2f45",
            "tlsh": "f1f05924cb702cb314d859714d7a02023331aa87196c7c1c3383611d9f5d17f10fe6ad"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "discord-resolvers-3.4.2.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "53582f61a2d11d75610891a8ac86c3b1ac6f75c1",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-eHydDNvsux+gOvKMWjf6gN8rbyRNIxr+ohJ3033LUy6uCN6Cw9L4KSLUDx6BS9yDD13SPOs1PPbb2wqQTF05oQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/discord-resolvers/MAL-2026-16214.json"