Malicious code in exodus-payments (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (51394e5297d9dc765ee318eabd49e400b9f843c342ed91e3df9bd9befc84254e) Package is self-identified as a dependency-confusion proof-of-concept. Its postinstall hook (src/canary.js) performs a DNS lookup and HTTPS GET to a hardcoded Serveo tunnel host (96e03fa6c292469a-172-245-86-254.serveousercontent.com), sending only the package's own name and version as query parameters. No environment variables, credentials, filesystem contents, or other installer data are read or transmitted; the only signal the operator gains is the installer's public egress IP from the inbound request metadata. README discloses the canary purpose. Concerns: install-time outbound network without opt-out (breaks air-gapped/sandboxed CI), destination is a third-party mutable tunneling endpoint rather than publisher-owned infrastructure, and the canary version coordinate (99.0.0-canary.1) is shaped to win dependency-confusion races against private packages. No credential theft, no code execution of remote content, no persistence.
Malicious code in exodus-payments (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (51394e5297d9dc765ee318eabd49e400b9f843c342ed91e3df9bd9befc84254e) Package is self-identified as a dependency-confusion proof-of-concept. Its postinstall hook (src/canary.js) performs a DNS lookup and HTTPS GET to a hardcoded Serveo tunnel host (96e03fa6c292469a-172-245-86-254.serveousercontent.com), sending only the package's own name and version as query parameters. No environment variables, credentials, filesystem contents, or other installer data are read or transmitted; the only signal the operator gains is the installer's public egress IP from the inbound request metadata. README discloses the canary purpose. Concerns: install-time outbound network without opt-out (breaks air-gapped/sandboxed CI), destination is a third-party mutable tunneling endpoint rather than publisher-owned infrastructure, and the canary version coordinate (99.0.0-canary.1) is shaped to win dependency-confusion races against private packages. No credential theft, no code execution of remote content, no persistence.
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-10895
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- ["GHSA-hrvv-3w2f-pp24"]
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a96f318acd9273b49e49631
Added to database: 09/01/2026, 15:45:28 UTC
Last updated: 09/01/2026, 15:48:23 UTC
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