🛡️ MAL-2026-12500 — warp-drive-internal-tooling

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

Malicious code in warp-drive-internal-tooling (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector

[email protected] declares a preinstall hook that runs index.js, which on Windows spawns a hidden-window PowerShell process (powershell -WindowStyle Hidden) that downloads a zip archive from the anonymous file host files.catbox.moe (https://files.catbox.moe/5khq55.zip), extracts it into %TEMP%, and launches Verification_Tool.exe via Start-Process. The remote host is an unauthenticated throwaway file service unrelated to the package's stated purpose, the download is unpinned and unverified (no hash, no signature), and the fetched binary is opaque. Because npm auto-runs preinstall on every npm install, this results in unattended execution of an attacker-controlled Windows executable on the installer's machine, with concealment (hidden PowerShell window, staging under %TEMP% with a benign 'Verification_Tool' filename) consistent with a dropper rather than a legitimate build step.

Affected software

MAL-2026-12500 is recorded against 1 package.

  • warp-drive-internal-tooling

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 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-05
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
warp-drive-internal-tooling — —

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