Malicious code in easypanel-ctl (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (e9eb01006041231d7388c6aeb0c74288b35a8c72cf5b1e61c90e1e4f9d6d37c7) On `npm install`, the preinstall lifecycle script collects installer host identity (hostname, username, cwd) and enumerates CI-related environment variable names, base64url-encodes the collected data, chunks it into DNS labels, and transmits it via both a DNS lookup and an HTTP GET to a hardcoded subdomain of oob.lyomeri.com (e.g. easypanel-ctl.<encoded-chunk>.oob.lyomeri.com, path /npm/<encoded>). The shipped module body is a stub (`module.exports = {}`), so the package has no legitimate runtime functionality; its only effect on install is the recon beacon. The destination is an out-of-band interaction domain unrelated to the easypanel.io publisher, and the encoding plus DNS-label chunking is a covert-channel exfiltration pattern. The name `easypanel-ctl` (with an empty stub body) is consistent with a dependency-confusion lure targeting installers of an internal or unrelated `easypanel` package.
Malicious code in easypanel-ctl (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (e9eb01006041231d7388c6aeb0c74288b35a8c72cf5b1e61c90e1e4f9d6d37c7) On `npm install`, the preinstall lifecycle script collects installer host identity (hostname, username, cwd) and enumerates CI-related environment variable names, base64url-encodes the collected data, chunks it into DNS labels, and transmits it via both a DNS lookup and an HTTP GET to a hardcoded subdomain of oob.lyomeri.com (e.g. easypanel-ctl.<encoded-chunk>.oob.lyomeri.com, path /npm/<encoded>). The shipped module body is a stub (`module.exports = {}`), so the package has no legitimate runtime functionality; its only effect on install is the recon beacon. The destination is an out-of-band interaction domain unrelated to the easypanel.io publisher, and the encoding plus DNS-label chunking is a covert-channel exfiltration pattern. The name `easypanel-ctl` (with an empty stub body) is consistent with a dependency-confusion lure targeting installers of an internal or unrelated `easypanel` package.
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-15898
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a9ad4edacd9273b49b67807
Added to database: 09/04/2026, 14:25:49 UTC
Last updated: 09/04/2026, 14:25:49 UTC
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