Malicious code in ecobee-api (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (bebaf39f3f17cfdfbddac8bb4f92aaa1fd600b7f0a69def35d879ebe5d90f14f) On `npm install`, ecobee-api runs `node beacon.js` via its postinstall lifecycle script. The beacon issues an HTTP GET to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://169.58.96.170:9001/cb, passing the installer's hostname (os.hostname()) and the package name as query parameters. The package ships no functional library code — package.json declares an UNLICENSED 'Utility package' with a name resembling the Ecobee vendor, and the only substantive shipped file is the beacon. This is the shape of a dependency-confusion / typosquat recon beacon: it confirms install-time code execution on the victim host and identifies the host to the operator of 169.58.96.170 over plain HTTP.
Malicious code in ecobee-api (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (bebaf39f3f17cfdfbddac8bb4f92aaa1fd600b7f0a69def35d879ebe5d90f14f) On `npm install`, ecobee-api runs `node beacon.js` via its postinstall lifecycle script. The beacon issues an HTTP GET to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://169.58.96.170:9001/cb, passing the installer's hostname (os.hostname()) and the package name as query parameters. The package ships no functional library code — package.json declares an UNLICENSED 'Utility package' with a name resembling the Ecobee vendor, and the only substantive shipped file is the beacon. This is the shape of a dependency-confusion / typosquat recon beacon: it confirms install-time code execution on the victim host and identifies the host to the operator of 169.58.96.170 over plain HTTP.
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-14474
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a8d9ae8acd9273b493e17bb
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 13:38:48 UTC
Last updated: 08/25/2026, 15:22:46 UTC
Views: 3
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