Malicious code in cewe-npm-cops (npm)
[email protected] is a dependency-confusion probe. package.json declares scripts.preinstall = 'node preinstall.js'; preinstall.js reads os.hostname() and issues a dns.lookup against <hostname>.zfir3qor582xqvyqm0tdc7xpqgw7ky8n.oastify.com, an author-controlled Burp Collaborator (Interactsh) out-of-band host. Every npm install of this package unconditionally leaks the installer's machine hostname via DNS to a third-party OOB service. The package is otherwise hollow: version is set to 99.9.9 (max-version squat designed to override an internal package of the same name during resolution), main is an empty index.js, and author is the placeholder 'Your_HackerOne_Username'. The self-described 'harmless PoC' framing does not change the behavior: installer host identity is exfiltrated to an attacker-controlled endpoint at install time.
MAL-2026-13438 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 6 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| cewe-npm-cops | — | — |
References
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