MAL-2026-5972
Malicious code in canary-ci-test (npm)
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## Source: amazon-inspector (a572fd7ffa39ecc1ba62c71d1dfe31722bfbe0c4118b7ab8400c1d5f4a61ba0f) On `npm install`, the package's postinstall lifecycle script (postinstall.js) collects installer-side host identifiers — os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, process.cwd(), platform, and a DNS resolution result — and POSTs them as JSON to the hardcoded endpoint https://opgelost.nu/ (BEACON_URL declared at postinstall.js:15; HTTPS request constructed at line 31; POST issued at line 33; payload assembled at lines 58-66). The fetch fires automatically with no opt-in, and errors are silently swallowed so installers see no indication of the outbound beacon. The behavior is unrelated to any documented package purpose and matches a classic install-time phone-home exfiltration pattern. The package's own metadata declares it to be a scanner test fixture; the executed code, however, is functional exfiltration that runs against any machine that installs it.
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