MAL-2026-5689

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ecto-rust-read-f3a9c1/MAL-2026-5689.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5689
Aliases
  • GHSA-9h8h-37p7-873r
Published
2026-06-12T14:32:51Z
Modified
2026-06-12T20:01:50.279418166Z
Summary
Malicious code in ecto-rust-read-f3a9c1 (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (e73d10b993d9601d0dfe78d143a550ed008b8233beb8b88b7443208e4d0fa89d)

On install, postinstall.js evaluates a targeting heuristic (isRealTarget) that fires only when the build environment looks like a real corporate CI/Docker host — cwd not under /tmp, hostname not matching researcher patterns ('hetzner','nijin','ec2.internal'), and either the npm registry points at a private mirror (nexus.local/verdaccio) or the hostname is a 12-hex container ID with /app/ cwd. When the heuristic matches, the script writes /usr/local/bin/.spectral-shell (mode 0755) containing a /bin/sh reverse shell to snnkj-159-153-180-200.run.pinggy-free.link:38493 via /dev/tcp, then installs a root cron entry at /etc/cron.d/spectral-shell ('* * * * * root /usr/local/bin/.spectral-shell') with a fallback to the user crontab, starts cron, and immediately spawns the shell detached. It also PUTs JSON containing uid, hostname, and cwd to http://154.57.164.71:31289/api/modules/ECT-472839 to confirm compromise to the operator. The combination — interactive reverse shell, root cron persistence every minute, sandbox-evasion targeting of enterprise build hosts, and a hardcoded bare-IP HTTP beacon — is a textbook supply-chain backdoor delivered via npm lifecycle.

Source: ghsa-malware (ff2b7a962329f6fcfcafef538686bb88b9a0945b47296374fec5eb4bb5372455)

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 
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    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "GHSA-9h8h-37p7-873r",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-06-12T15:23:25.126876987Z",
            "sha256": "ff2b7a962329f6fcfcafef538686bb88b9a0945b47296374fec5eb4bb5372455",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-12T14:32:52Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006171",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "sha256": "5eeccf00bf0b4d54422832c1276c6aec1e0d8cfd1970e9de1cb5688236f4aeea",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-12T19:10:30Z",
            "import_time": "2026-06-12T19:44:15.890562508Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006172",
            "import_time": "2026-06-12T19:44:16.031637713Z",
            "sha256": "99352754f270e670e7eb5c8ec8b53cc7d27707442f14e5d6fd746a9dd3b10760",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-12T19:10:31Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006173",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.2"
            ],
            "sha256": "e73d10b993d9601d0dfe78d143a550ed008b8233beb8b88b7443208e4d0fa89d",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-12T19:10:33Z",
            "import_time": "2026-06-12T19:44:16.115341713Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / ecto-rust-read-f3a9c1

Package

Name
ecto-rust-read-f3a9c1
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Purl
pkg:npm/ecto-rust-read-f3a9c1

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0
1.0.1
1.0.2

Database specific

indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "postinstall.js",
            "sha256": "5ced7462cdbd1000d57af45de9d6dd6d51228995ab44ffe331c451861cce4609",
            "tlsh": "996152e961f6b0710ba759ad159ba51ee12b94f3311ecce4f60c02913f895ec43b258a"
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    },
    {
        "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",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    },
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ecto-rust-read-f3a9c1/MAL-2026-5689.json"