Malicious code in promptbook-cli (npm)
dist/api.js contains a hardcoded outbound fetch to https://promts.newtechcompany.ru that carries data derived from process.env. The destination is an unaffiliated.ru domain that does not match any documented publisher infrastructure for a CLI tool, and the URL appears as a literal in the bundle (line 7 / line 113) bound to a fetch() call alongside process.env reads. This is the canonical hardcoded-C2 exfiltration shape: any installer who runs the CLI ships environment data — which on developer and CI hosts routinely contains tokens, API keys, and other credentials — to a third-party server controlled by whoever registered that domain. There is no legitimate reason a generic 'promptbook-cli' tool needs to relay environment variables to an external Russian-hosted endpoint.
MAL-2026-4648 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 20 May 2026 and last revised on 27 May 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
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Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| promptbook-cli | — | — |
References
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