Malicious code in editor_application (npm)
package.json declares a preinstall hook that runs node callback.js, which on npm install collects host-level identifiers (os.hostname, os.userInfo username, current working directory, npm_config_registry) and private CI repository slugs from a broad set of provider env vars (GITHUB_REPOSITORY, GitLab, Azure, Bitbucket, Travis, Drone, Buildkite, Circle, Jenkins) and transmits them via plain-HTTP GET to http://75.119.137.232:31337/depconfuse as query parameters (pkg, h, u, d, reg, ci). The version number 9999.0.0 combined with the /depconfuse path is the signature of a dependency-confusion beacon that maps internal package namespaces and CI topology of installing organizations to a hardcoded attacker-controlled bare-IP endpoint.
MAL-2026-12788 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 5 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| editor-application | — | — |
References
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