MAL-2026-16261

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@railone/image-utils/MAL-2026-16261.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-16261
Published
2026-09-17T19:50:42Z
Modified
2026-09-17T20:30:05Z
Summary
Malicious code in @railone/image-utils (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (ebec05d8415347cef93849315a26f4221e34efa278fffe1b89700af039246dc6)

On import, index.js calls initialize() which spawns a detached, stdio-suppressed, windowsHide node loader.js child (init.js) and records its PID. loader.js HTTPS-fetches JSON from https://api.npoint.io/641d37178a880b1e8b8f, base64-decodes the code field, and executes it via new Function('require','__dirname','__filename','module','exports', decodedCode)(...), running arbitrary attacker-controlled JavaScript on the installer's host with full Node privileges and network access. The npoint.io endpoint is a mutable third-party JSON store whose contents can be changed at any time by whoever controls that resource, giving that party a persistent remote code-push channel into every installer. The package advertises itself as an image/runtime utility exposing getProcessInfo/getRuntimeInfo, but no such functions are exported; internal comments identify the code as an 'ID-10 Client Module' for 'device information collection and remote code execution' with 'AUTO-START ON IMPORT'.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-020137",
            "import_time": "2026-09-17T20:18:44.84780687Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-17T19:50:42Z",
            "sha256": "ebec05d8415347cef93849315a26f4221e34efa278fffe1b89700af039246dc6",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.1.10"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @railone/image-utils

Package

Name
@railone/image-utils
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40railone/image-utils

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.1.10

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": "loader.js",
            "sha256": "98602aca3efb91d6f77d4f3d0283681f1a954821885259b70127a66eb34fa7e4",
            "tlsh": "d35143a609fb35120277b0e6b70b596a96bba113314ec994fa9cc3d44fc2421d3d32dc"
        },
        {
            "path": "init.js",
            "sha256": "dfd17877122c08d4206e82fb3b58793f4063f4005cfdd7805b325be2293d5822",
            "tlsh": "f32142ab286a4b3981b2c4aa471fc51013a7d1777254f9a9f4ce87b56f0661cca238c8"
        },
        {
            "path": "index.js",
            "sha256": "68a53a63f724339e9a5231f7ef0c5b72101c98b37731ec4c78530cce625e9272",
            "tlsh": "a8f0ac5b10832723855be3969662d0c00a7a8a0c3644ba02581f52bd0f840998356f57"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "image-utils-1.1.10.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "c680a5bc765ee1ff1a3b359a634c5743e21ed763",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-gj/YYAc6vCDEwZpOAaUO+qy0fI9IB4XzYm+NgHdzt+Nh5wceFJldLLrj7lJZ9rMDh6KJFDsDT/hlyWKODli5pw=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@railone/image-utils/MAL-2026-16261.json"