MAL-2026-17434

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/live-detection-dashboard/MAL-2026-17434.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-17434
Published
2026-09-30T07:11:22Z
Modified
2026-10-04T23:45:18Z
Summary
Malicious code in live-detection-dashboard (npm)
Details

live-detection-dashboard is a dependency-confusion package: it takes a name that looks like an internal project, uses an inflated version (100.0.0) so it outranks private-registry versions, and runs node setup.js || true as a preinstall script on npm install. setup.js sends the hostname, username, working directory, OS, architecture, Node.js version and configured npm registry, with a per-package tracking token, in an HTTPS POST to https://s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/hook. The npm account amel10 published live-detection-dashboard and 9 similar packages within two minutes on 2026-09-30, all with the same setup.js.

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Source: amazon-inspector (5d6433d908aabd1002455fbed5a7afdf730c557f6c072fed817d76cad31a5ccb)

The package's preinstall lifecycle script fires automatically on npm install and issues an HTTPS POST to the hardcoded endpoint https://s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/hook, carrying a JSON body composed of installer-side identifiers: os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, process.cwd(), process.platform, process.arch, the Node.js version, and the configured npm registry, along with a static token. The advertised functionality of the package is a trivial random-hex helper, which does not require network activity or host/user identifiers, and the data flow is neither documented nor caller-configurable. The destination is an author-controlled AWS API Gateway. Package version 100.0.0 combined with a minimal declared purpose and an install-time beacon is consistent with a dependency-confusion / reconnaissance payload targeting internal build environments.

Database specific 
{
    "iocs":  {
        "domains":  [
            "s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
        ],
        "files":  [
            {
                "digests":  {
                    "sha256":  "422b33870d5a8c7e434c7fd62f24d70d88d5cb05df1d45c691c242d6294c2d16"
                },
                "note":  "preinstall: node setup.js || true",
                "paths":  [
                    "package.json"
                ],
                "source":  "PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"
            },
            {
                "digests":  {
                    "sha256":  "9dc27728f7859df11c7b12fcde415bd398303a987166f16eed7f117c8cf33a30"
                },
                "note":  "Executed by the preinstall script.",
                "paths":  [
                    "setup.js"
                ],
                "source":  "PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"
            }
        ],
        "urls":  [
            "https://s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/hook"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-020937",
            "import_time":  "2026-10-04T23:40:43.854514987Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-10-04T23:22:44Z",
            "sha256":  "5d6433d908aabd1002455fbed5a7afdf730c557f6c072fed817d76cad31a5ccb",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "100.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / live-detection-dashboard

Package

Name
live-detection-dashboard
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/live-detection-dashboard

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

100.*
100.0.0

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":  "setup.js",
            "sha256":  "9dc27728f7859df11c7b12fcde415bd398303a987166f16eed7f117c8cf33a30",
            "tlsh":  "e801f4f495f0d5b93afc51c4f250b94793b7d124314769d0c8e881557f89af809328f2"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity":  [
        {
            "filename":  "live-detection-dashboard-100.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes":  {
                "sha1":  "a798d4e694bfe65dfe740347974a231d66202206",
                "sha512_sri":  "sha512-KU7r2XNWl6ChTI8tNWRoq3/Pm2/Pe/mkQAyAPMFwaRnqWSTwFHYESwur88lEq2VK62nWWDzx343KjHSfr72Aog=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/live-detection-dashboard/MAL-2026-17434.json"