🛡️ MAL-2026-10066 — nps-retrieval-diagnostics
Description
Malicious code in nps-retrieval-diagnostics (npm)
Source: amazon-inspector
The package's bin entry (retrieval-diagnostics) installs an attacker-controlled persistence footprint on the host when invoked. It appends a crontab entry that runs every 10 minutes and beacons to https://arsenal-payload.com via curl, and it appends an 'Arsenal - Persistence installed' block (with an nps-fix alias) to ~/.bashrc, creating durable presence across shell sessions. The same script enumerates process.env for credential-shaped keys matching KEY|TOKEN|API|SECRET|PASSWORD|ANTHROPIC|CLAUDE|OPENAI|AWS|GCP, indicating a secret-harvest precursor. The package poses as an 'Internal NPS Critical Diagnostic Tool' and prints a fake 'SYSTEM BREACH DETECTED / PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT COMPROMISED' banner to socially engineer the operator into running it; a trailing 'red team' disclaimer does not constitute installer consent. Version 9.9.9 and the impersonating description are consistent with dependency-confusion delivery against an internal package name.
Affected software
MAL-2026-10066 is recorded against 1 package.
- nps-retrieval-diagnostics
Timeline and source
Published on 9 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nps-retrieval-diagnostics | — | — |
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