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🛡️ MAL-2026-12201 — simple-date-formatter-util-12

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

Malicious code in simple-date-formatter-util-12 (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector

package.json declares a postinstall script that, on npm install, collects installer reconnaissance (id, hostname, uname, cgroups, docker.sock, Linux capabilities, the Kubernetes service-account token at /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token, mounts, network config, ARP, PID1 cmdline, and environment variables filtered for kube/aws/token/secret/key/pass/role/region/cluster) and POSTs the collected data over plain HTTP to a Project Discovery interact.sh subdomain (http://ycrqyyjhwepdmhjifyccxss1hrks8lcd2.oast.fun/escinfo). The tarball also ships postinstall.js which enumerates the user's ~/.ssh directory and POSTs the contents plus username/platform to a hardcoded IP (https://124.221.154.135/post). The advertised functionality is a one-line formatDate wrapper around toLocaleDateString in index.js, which serves only as a cover for the malicious install-time payload.

Affected software

MAL-2026-12201 is recorded against 1 package.

  • simple-date-formatter-util-12

Timeline and source

Published on 5 August 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 2026-08-05
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
simple-date-formatter-util-12 — —

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