MAL-2026-5990

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/pkg-telemetry-r4f9/MAL-2026-5990.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5990
Aliases
  • GHSA-755p-5wm7-4qg5
Published
2026-06-17T04:42:06Z
Modified
2026-06-18T06:01:49Z
Summary
Malicious code in pkg-telemetry-r4f9 (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (decf727db779a7cc4017b0bd8000f9fb40bcc5c6d93b016144a94e245886ea4e)

On install, package.json's postinstall hook runs node run.js, which loads beacon scripts that combine child_process, os, and http modules to collect host identifiers and send them to a remote endpoint. beacon_linux.js reads os.hostname() and os.platform() and issues an http.request POST carrying that data to a hardcoded host. beacon17.js similarly imports child_process and performs outbound HTTP GETs. The package name ("pkg-telemetry-r4f9" with a random-looking suffix) and its install-time-only behavior are inconsistent with any legitimate library purpose. Installing this package causes automatic, unconsented exfiltration of installer host metadata and provides a remote-execution surface via child_process.

Source: ghsa-malware (9f31644aae73e457753525f73778a8704bb48c27bbbcdb819ef2a4c7e78e2cc7)

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": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006900",
            "import_time": "2026-06-17T05:45:43.258644597Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-17T04:42:06Z",
            "sha256": "decf727db779a7cc4017b0bd8000f9fb40bcc5c6d93b016144a94e245886ea4e",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-755p-5wm7-4qg5",
            "import_time": "2026-06-18T05:54:18.947321509Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-18T03:27:57Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "9f31644aae73e457753525f73778a8704bb48c27bbbcdb819ef2a4c7e78e2cc7",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / pkg-telemetry-r4f9

Package

Name
pkg-telemetry-r4f9
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/pkg-telemetry-r4f9

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

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": "beacon17.js",
            "sha256": "14bcafbb9a20038cbb57a72837cb4c4ef2d841739ae4bca23a9784ef6c4a71c2",
            "tlsh": "f6220725b9605c306692e9688b4b94287537e3173a71fea0bbde11881fdd05ec2b18fd"
        },
        {
            "path": "beacon_linux.js",
            "sha256": "60a0fbee8014300d0dd230765cbea7b61e9660a1584ad6a265de71927ff04c68",
            "tlsh": "5db1b7d6a57b41282bd3b89c679f84061823f217b512d8d0b6dc06248fc7924a1a2ded"
        },
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "9de736d505061498fa1113abb763cdb1b3802c8b47c523dc64d2228ffa7e0d4f",
            "tlsh": "d9f08b249c2068236ac02ee90c62594eeb708f0b11547a6e827b192801dee3935be14d"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "pkg-telemetry-r4f9-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "0dc346a212c3dd335b6ce0463c80986291547617",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-iTRxnWCbtV4C0Ipi9vkgIOQVcQao2wBMqvtF3GtqiB43h0FCv2VepKgp6fojY0ky+vjbUpZGaXZcFEdeT4gaXg=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/pkg-telemetry-r4f9/MAL-2026-5990.json"