Malicious code in ranux-cloud (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (5c2844c37c95371d0fa96d0a814be948335590d5b65500a8f4b2a577c8748e23) The package main (index.js) is obfuscator.io-transformed with a rotated string-array decoder and, at top level, uses createDecipheriv with a hardcoded AES key/iv/aad to decrypt an embedded ~2.3 MB opaque blob. The decrypted bytes are executed via a top-level `await import('data:'+...)` and the resulting module is re-exported as `startRanuxEngine`, so any consumer that requires or imports ranux-cloud immediately runs the hidden payload with no user interaction. In addition, package.json redirects the well-known dependency `@whiskeysockets/baileys` to `github:rcedubot/X` — an unrelated personal GitHub repository, unpinned to any commit SHA — so `npm install` pulls arbitrary code from that repo (including any lifecycle scripts) into the installer's dependency tree in place of the legitimate Baileys library. The combination of encrypted-payload import-time execution, heavy obfuscation of the loader, and a dependency-hijack pointing a namespaced dep at an attacker-controlled GitHub tree is the canonical loader/dropper shape.
Malicious code in ranux-cloud (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (5c2844c37c95371d0fa96d0a814be948335590d5b65500a8f4b2a577c8748e23) The package main (index.js) is obfuscator.io-transformed with a rotated string-array decoder and, at top level, uses createDecipheriv with a hardcoded AES key/iv/aad to decrypt an embedded ~2.3 MB opaque blob. The decrypted bytes are executed via a top-level `await import('data:'+...)` and the resulting module is re-exported as `startRanuxEngine`, so any consumer that requires or imports ranux-cloud immediately runs the hidden payload with no user interaction. In addition, package.json redirects the well-known dependency `@whiskeysockets/baileys` to `github:rcedubot/X` — an unrelated personal GitHub repository, unpinned to any commit SHA — so `npm install` pulls arbitrary code from that repo (including any lifecycle scripts) into the installer's dependency tree in place of the legitimate Baileys library. The combination of encrypted-payload import-time execution, heavy obfuscation of the loader, and a dependency-hijack pointing a namespaced dep at an attacker-controlled GitHub tree is the canonical loader/dropper shape.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-14258
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a85b4c0acd9273b49252414
Added to database: 08/19/2026, 13:50:56 UTC
Last updated: 08/19/2026, 13:51:33 UTC
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