MAL-2026-5741

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@achuthvp/postinstall-poc/MAL-2026-5741.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5741

Aliases

GHSA-rpc3-vhwp-44cv

Published

2026-06-13T20:24:46Z

Modified

2026-07-15T09:19:30.440117602Z

Summary

Malicious code in @achuthvp/postinstall-poc (npm)

Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (c3dc0d7b5fc216ae117dda9c492a6bbdff46e49ab53f069c2d525dab001bcdb9)

package.json declares scripts.postinstall = node postinstall.js. On every npm install, postinstall.js runs execSync('id') and POSTs a JSON body containing the id output, os.hostname(), platform, architecture, process.cwd(), and Node version to the hardcoded URL https://webhook.site/fceebb0d-9f11-4ac0-98db-6f6b3925f7d3 (postinstall.js line 14, exfil call constructed via https.request at line 21 with POST at line 24). The behavior is unconditional, undisclosed in the README (Does nothing much), and fires on a default install. Although the package self-describes as a POC, the install-time mechanism is identical to an active reconnaissance/exfiltration payload: any developer or CI machine installing this package leaks its identity (uid/gid/groups via id, hostname, cwd, platform) to an attacker-readable webhook bin.

Source: ghsa-malware (e8e170e9a09b3a974051edd563fd5aed8c6adb41a243339229375c85e84d221d)

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

{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "8a5c98a52f068d49b6fbdf96d76a24df1f7807c41e53ab75d6270ca0ce64fb1a",
            "import_time": "2026-06-13T20:33:18.941844057Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.2"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006379",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-13T20:24:47Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "91e690492c565ad314bb15d92061ec65f0f5a6622e3b20d9c4acf3170df13ac5",
            "import_time": "2026-06-13T20:33:18.994590214Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.3"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006381",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-13T20:24:52Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.0.2"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-06-13T20:33:18.916329426Z",
            "sha256": "972fb1c4637e2b6b3d0ed4a3d24b0f5a91fe190baf271328278eb756c9611e36",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006378",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-13T20:24:46Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "c3dc0d7b5fc216ae117dda9c492a6bbdff46e49ab53f069c2d525dab001bcdb9",
            "import_time": "2026-06-13T20:33:18.970252282Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.3"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006380",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-13T20:24:52Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "e8e170e9a09b3a974051edd563fd5aed8c6adb41a243339229375c85e84d221d",
            "import_time": "2026-07-15T05:00:56.814445655Z",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "id": "GHSA-rpc3-vhwp-44cv",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-15T03:34:47Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "sha256": "48c6f7217868b211293178eeee2179b3372d1a951e5287a27775e3886422e69f",
            "import_time": "2026-07-15T08:51:06.396267547Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-010654",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-15T08:09:37Z"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-07-15T08:51:06.442538937Z",
            "sha256": "6737bcfc3295316f4d241e831d7bdb811a23002a0067fd08fa08fde9c55e08cc",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-010655",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-15T08:09:45Z"
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

- Amazon Inspector - FINDER
- - inspector-research@amazon.com

Affected packages

npm / @achuthvp/postinstall-poc

Package

Name: @achuthvp/postinstall-poc; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/%40achuthvp/postinstall-poc

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

1.0.3

Database specific

cwes

[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]

indicators

{
    "domains": [
        "webhook.site"
    ],
    "ips": [
        "104.16.0.34",
        "10.1.0.2"
    ],
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "97ad818370207f92d58a2e9981e90fd5616b34c61cf5a2e09c4f78e187767fc5",
            "tlsh": "cb41674946f6a1741ab3bd9c936755066262c2173d04fcb8be4d0a601f4fa7c51f07ed",
            "path": "postinstall.js"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "74c7ef7b1935a2f527bd7c97d666202c49088c7c",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-fTMzJ3V5X+66LuzDJyEOn1ryhrHusageUxt2Cemec7p6fP7cDU4jAEyTr6dK8xSPVZsGSBPSIL+J4a8BFDyb2A=="
            },
            "filename": "postinstall-poc-1.0.2.tgz"
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@achuthvp/postinstall-poc/MAL-2026-5741.json"