Malicious code in async-mutex-v3 (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (699abe52cb380ae997f200e0615bfce84cd52d11b98a54244ce5b30478fab336) Package name typosquats `async-mutex` but ships unrelated functionality. The default export `getPlugin` in index.js issues an HTTP request to a hardcoded bare IP endpoint (http://46.183.25.232:45000/icons/108) and passes the response's `credits` field into `new Function('require','module',...,'Promise', data.credits)`, executing attacker-controlled JavaScript with Node privileges (access to require, process, Buffer). Cover-story variable names (`IconProvider`, `iconDomain` referencing cloudflare/fastly/akamai/gcore, path `/ajax/libs/font-awesome/...`, header `bearrtoken: 'logo'`) frame the code as an icon CDN helper, while the actually-used path hits the bare IP. Declared dependencies (better-sqlite3, @primno/dpapi, node-machine-id) are consistent with a credential-stealer post-exploitation pipeline. Any consumer that requires this package and invokes the default export executes whatever JavaScript the remote server returns.
Malicious code in async-mutex-v3 (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (699abe52cb380ae997f200e0615bfce84cd52d11b98a54244ce5b30478fab336) Package name typosquats `async-mutex` but ships unrelated functionality. The default export `getPlugin` in index.js issues an HTTP request to a hardcoded bare IP endpoint (http://46.183.25.232:45000/icons/108) and passes the response's `credits` field into `new Function('require','module',...,'Promise', data.credits)`, executing attacker-controlled JavaScript with Node privileges (access to require, process, Buffer). Cover-story variable names (`IconProvider`, `iconDomain` referencing cloudflare/fastly/akamai/gcore, path `/ajax/libs/font-awesome/...`, header `bearrtoken: 'logo'`) frame the code as an icon CDN helper, while the actually-used path hits the bare IP. Declared dependencies (better-sqlite3, @primno/dpapi, node-machine-id) are consistent with a credential-stealer post-exploitation pipeline. Any consumer that requires this package and invokes the default export executes whatever JavaScript the remote server returns.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-12514
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a735741bf8831d539153caa
Added to database: 08/05/2026, 15:31:13 UTC
Last updated: 08/05/2026, 15:31:13 UTC
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