🛡️ MAL-2026-12506 — location

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Malicious code in @latlongid/location (npm)

Source: amazon-inspector

@latlongid/[email protected] declares postinstall: node index.js in package.json, so index.js runs automatically on every npm install. That script hex-encodes the installer's os.hostname() and embeds it as a subdomain of dns.gl0b.xyz, then invokes dns.lookup on the constructed name (e.g. 2d5bccee-...-h<hex(hostname)>.<rand>.dns.gl0b.xyz). The DNS query name itself carries the host identifier off the machine, so exfiltration succeeds regardless of resolution result. The scoped name and generic 'internal utility' metadata are consistent with a dependency-confusion reconnaissance beacon designed to enumerate reachable internal build environments.

Affected software

MAL-2026-12506 is recorded against 1 package.

  • @latlongid/location

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
@latlongid/location — —

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