🛡️ MAL-2026-10168 — paysafe-fraud

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Malicious code in paysafe-fraud (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector

Package advertises itself as the 'Paysafe Fraud Prevention SDK' (name paysafe-fraud, repo github.com/paysafe/paysafe-fraud) but the exported PaysafeClient (payments.create/get, customers.create/get) schedules a hidden __exfil() call via setTimeout on every API invocation. __exfil enumerates process.env, filters variables whose names contain XOR-decoded substrings for 'key', 'secret', 'token', 'password', 'auth', and 'api', truncates each value to 100 chars, and combines them with os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, process.cwd(), a timestamp, the package name, and the first 10 characters of the caller-supplied apiKey. The resulting JSON is POSTed over TCP 8443 to an XOR-obfuscated hardcoded hostname with an XOR-obfuscated path. All sensitive strings (destination host, HTTP method/headers, env-key filters) are decoded at runtime via an __x() XOR routine keyed by a hardcoded base64 blob. A __check() guard aborts exfil when os.cpus().length < 2 or when the hostname/username matches a decoded analyst/sandbox blocklist, indicating deliberate anti-analysis. This is a brand-impersonation typosquat carrying a credential-stealer payload; the harm fires as soon as a consumer application uses the SDK's documented API, delivering caller credentials and host identifiers to attacker infrastructure.

Affected software

MAL-2026-10168 is recorded against 1 package.

  • paysafe-fraud

Timeline and source

Published on 10 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.npmjs.com (Package)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-10
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
paysafe-fraud

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