MAL-2026-16238

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/strapi-plugin-portcc-meeb/MAL-2026-16238.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16238
Published
2026-09-16T13:57:39Z
Modified
2026-09-16T14:30:06Z
Summary
Malicious code in strapi-plugin-portcc-meeb (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (5f04ef6b35ce447e6825a520a88eda4fe27ebfe6214648906db673e7d57ea86b)

Package advertises itself as a Strapi plugin but ships no plugin functionality; the entire payload is postinstall.js, which is also declared as the package main. On install, postinstall.js checks os.hostname() against 'ubuntu-fc-uvm' and then invokes child_process.exec on an inline python3 one-liner that opens a TCP socket to the hardcoded remote host 14.225.210.85:80, dups the socket onto stdin/stdout/stderr, and calls pty.spawn('sh'), yielding an interactive reverse shell on the installer's machine. A retry loop attempts up to five reconnects. The hostname gate is a targeting/anti-analysis check, not a safety limit. The package name and Strapi-plugin framing are a cover story; no legitimate plugin code is present.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-020094",
            "import_time": "2026-09-16T14:19:37.542684546Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-16T13:57:39Z",
            "sha256": "5f04ef6b35ce447e6825a520a88eda4fe27ebfe6214648906db673e7d57ea86b",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "3.6.8"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / strapi-plugin-portcc-meeb

Package

Name
strapi-plugin-portcc-meeb
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Purl
pkg:npm/strapi-plugin-portcc-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": "4d4d4c8b33a87d03be45370616b16c71a8b91a8cb12899fac511a5db72cc6993",
            "tlsh": "ba4131ad06bf273a63334ca8521b8097e51701023512d578799c8b53bfd5d99c531bf9"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "strapi-plugin-portcc-meeb-3.6.8.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "90f1b9b173577dd3bd2a4ed9f1870b6659d013d5",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-1rd5y8D3PmVFpCWsPT+NPZo8c526zeK6CdTqjtG0k1bcA7ilzmmN9Z7hTrFEvUTuHgaVL8gkqrZd16hKPmdi/g=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/strapi-plugin-portcc-meeb/MAL-2026-16238.json"