Malicious code in api-rs-tuils (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (3e65df9ad10889610f658c482041bdcf8c06d3c147da5cec709f246a1fa363c4) [email protected] runs a malicious postinstall hook (`node test.js`) that executes obfuscated code in index.js against the installer's machine. The code (1) fetches an attacker SSH public key from http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/ssh-key and appends it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, then runs `sudo ufw enable` and `sudo ufw allow 22/tcp` to guarantee inbound SSH reachability, establishing persistent remote SSH access; (2) recursively walks process.cwd() collecting files matching id.json, config.toml, Config.toml, env, and.env and POSTs their contents (prefixed with $USER) to http://170.205.31.203:3000/api/v1; (3) fetches attacker-supplied scan patterns from http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/scan-patterns and crawls os.homedir() on Unix and every drive letter on Windows (enumerated via `wmic logicaldisk get name` with a PowerShell `Get-Volume` fallback), multipart-uploading every matching file along with hostname, username, and platform metadata to http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/v1. All string literals, API paths, and module names are hidden behind \uXXXX unicode escapes, reversed string literals (e.g. `"1v/ipa/0003:302.13.502.031.502.071//:ptth".split('').reverse().join('')`), and XOR/arithmetic dead code. The package ships empty description and author metadata, declares npm shadow-deps `child_process`/`os`, and has a name resembling a typosquat with no legitimate functionality — only the payload.
Malicious code in api-rs-tuils (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (3e65df9ad10889610f658c482041bdcf8c06d3c147da5cec709f246a1fa363c4) [email protected] runs a malicious postinstall hook (`node test.js`) that executes obfuscated code in index.js against the installer's machine. The code (1) fetches an attacker SSH public key from http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/ssh-key and appends it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, then runs `sudo ufw enable` and `sudo ufw allow 22/tcp` to guarantee inbound SSH reachability, establishing persistent remote SSH access; (2) recursively walks process.cwd() collecting files matching id.json, config.toml, Config.toml, env, and.env and POSTs their contents (prefixed with $USER) to http://170.205.31.203:3000/api/v1; (3) fetches attacker-supplied scan patterns from http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/scan-patterns and crawls os.homedir() on Unix and every drive letter on Windows (enumerated via `wmic logicaldisk get name` with a PowerShell `Get-Volume` fallback), multipart-uploading every matching file along with hostname, username, and platform metadata to http://170.205.31.203:3001/api/v1. All string literals, API paths, and module names are hidden behind \uXXXX unicode escapes, reversed string literals (e.g. `"1v/ipa/0003:302.13.502.031.502.071//:ptth".split('').reverse().join('')`), and XOR/arithmetic dead code. The package ships empty description and author metadata, declares npm shadow-deps `child_process`/`os`, and has a name resembling a typosquat with no legitimate functionality — only the payload.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-14256
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a85b4c0acd9273b49252410
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 13:50:56 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 13:51:33 UTC
Views: 1
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