@drone-js-ext/core (npm) · Malicious Code
Affects @drone-js-ext/coreSource GCVE Database
Malicious package : remove @drone-js-ext/core and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:57 UTC
Malicious package
Published to npm · OSV MAL-2026-18276
What to do
Remove @drone-js-ext/core from every project, lockfile and image that pulls it in. Treat any host that installed it as compromised: rotate the credentials, tokens and keys it could read, from a clean machine.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| npm@drone-js-ext/core | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (9173b1e0c1d01cafb58dfbcad8b59a50f49700cc911e22df2787f5a92b4c6e43) The package ships a `beacon.cjs` that collects host identifiers (hostname, install path, current working directory, Node version) and POSTs them in cleartext to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://185.158.107.175:8787/_ah/dc. This beacon is wired to run automatically in two places: `package.json` declares `scripts.postinstall = "node beacon.cjs"`, so it executes on `npm install`, and `index.js` also invokes the same `fire()` function at module load, so it executes again on `require()`. The remainder of the package is a no-op Proxy shim with no functional code matching the stated `Compatibility shim` description. The scope-and-version shape (`@drone-js-ext/core` at version 99.0.1 against a plausibly internal `@drone-js-ext/*` namespace) matches a dependency-confusion lure designed to be resolved in place of a private internal package. A README self-label of `dependency-confusion test` does not change the behavior: any installer that resolves this package has host-identifying data sent to a non-vendor, non-registry, bare-IP, plaintext-HTTP collector controlled by a third party. ## Source: ghsa-malware (338c919fc73c66cb9bd18fa251359467039387724d1f8f41e6d3bb88f52ddc6f) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
References
- npmjs.com/package/@drone-js-ext/core/v/99.0.1 (opens in a new tab)
- npmjs.com/package/@drone-js-ext/core (opens in a new tab)
- npmjs.com/package/@drone-js-ext/core/v/3.0.0 (opens in a new tab)
- npmjs.com/package/@drone-js-ext/core/v/2.0.1 (opens in a new tab)
- npmjs.com/package/@drone-js-ext/core/v/1.0.0 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-938p-x8vr-2r33 (opens in a new tab)