MAL-2026-14216
Malicious code in timed-assess (npm)
Details
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## Source: amazon-inspector (7d39931b57405563b5114ee92146f85eeeddbeb0e235dae9f483c2b30764f47e) package.json declares `postinstall: node apps`, which loads apps/index.js. The script reads a bundled file, decrypts it with hardcoded DES key 'bf497c0b9cee' (CryptoJS.DES.decrypt), and pipes the resulting plaintext into the stdin of a detached `spawn('node', [], { detached: true, stdio: ['pipe','ignore','ignore'] })` process. Identifiers such as `readLogoIco` and `rsa_exec` and log strings like 'ThetaSDK initialization error' are mislabeled and unrelated to the code's actual behavior of running arbitrary JavaScript. The detached stdio-ignore configuration suppresses output from the installer. This chain executes attacker-controlled JavaScript on the installer's host automatically on `npm install`.
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