MAL-2026-16237

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/strapi-plugin-persh-meeb/MAL-2026-16237.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16237
Published
2026-09-16T13:58:49Z
Modified
2026-09-16T14:30:06Z
Summary
Malicious code in strapi-plugin-persh-meeb (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (67ce68eeb9a309b5fff512e24a1b8f4c12fb171c0752d6a04293a4e72c805088)

strapi-plugin-persh-meeb@3.6.8 ships a postinstall.js (also declared as the package main) that runs automatically on npm install. The script spawns a Python one-liner that opens a TCP socket to the hardcoded bare IP 14.225.210.85 on port 443 (with:80 also referenced), duplicates the socket over stdio, and calls pty.spawn("sh"), giving the remote host an interactive shell on the installer's machine. Retries up to 5 times at 10-second intervals. Execution is gated by a hostname allowlist check (os.hostname() === 'ubuntu-fc-uvm') and logs to /tmp/postinstall-revshell.log, consistent with a targeted red-team or victim-tuned implant. The destination is a bare IP unrelated to any Strapi or plugin-publisher infrastructure, and the package name resembles the Strapi plugin ecosystem.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-020101",
            "import_time": "2026-09-16T14:19:37.987508818Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-16T13:58:49Z",
            "sha256": "67ce68eeb9a309b5fff512e24a1b8f4c12fb171c0752d6a04293a4e72c805088",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "3.6.8"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / strapi-plugin-persh-meeb

Package

Name
strapi-plugin-persh-meeb
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Purl
pkg:npm/strapi-plugin-persh-meeb

Affected ranges

Affected versions

3.*
3.6.8

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": "postinstall.js",
            "sha256": "d5784f6350da01e22b6304bf5f9c8d2828630c8663324aba286aea6cd9ba0994",
            "tlsh": "bb5131a905bf273a62338ce9521b8093e61701023912d57879dc8b53bfd5d5eca31bfa"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "strapi-plugin-persh-meeb-3.6.8.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "3dc73a6fe2f530e2daca036bc3a60a70764049f9",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-JPUE5o3PaQU5Ad8r4NuvDxMUpkEhPeriHvgo+emfn4ZinA/qWdQldzD2gMG9qOxZNmVSJiCVqu/wqvHGx7oKIg=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/strapi-plugin-persh-meeb/MAL-2026-16237.json"