Malicious code in real-router-telemetry (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (78bc9af22f0b3feafc2dbd863d7ce4b9ba26418ab58e87bc231123004a40a450) Package ships telemetry.js, an obfuscated module (string-array accessor pattern hiding identifiers and the destination) that reads host identity (hostname, username, cwd, platform, arch, memory, cpu info), executes `cat /etc/os-release` and `ps aux`, reads `.env` from the current working directory via fs.readFileSync, and POSTs the collected JSON to https://webhook.site/e32d3b8a-a5df-40cc-ae60-7a8343b581e4, an anonymous request-capture endpoint unrelated to any declared publisher. `.env` files in a developer's cwd typically contain API keys, tokens, and other credentials that do not belong to this package. package.json declares a postinstall hook (`node -e "require('./index.js')"`); index.js in this build is a stub (declaring version 1.0.1 while the manifest is 1.0.4) that does not currently require telemetry.js, so the shipped payload is staged but not wired into the install-time entry point in this version. The combination of an obfuscated host-and-secret exfil module targeting an anonymous webhook collector, mismatched version metadata, and an install-time hook aimed at the package's own entry point indicates a malicious package.
Malicious code in real-router-telemetry (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (78bc9af22f0b3feafc2dbd863d7ce4b9ba26418ab58e87bc231123004a40a450) Package ships telemetry.js, an obfuscated module (string-array accessor pattern hiding identifiers and the destination) that reads host identity (hostname, username, cwd, platform, arch, memory, cpu info), executes `cat /etc/os-release` and `ps aux`, reads `.env` from the current working directory via fs.readFileSync, and POSTs the collected JSON to https://webhook.site/e32d3b8a-a5df-40cc-ae60-7a8343b581e4, an anonymous request-capture endpoint unrelated to any declared publisher. `.env` files in a developer's cwd typically contain API keys, tokens, and other credentials that do not belong to this package. package.json declares a postinstall hook (`node -e "require('./index.js')"`); index.js in this build is a stub (declaring version 1.0.1 while the manifest is 1.0.4) that does not currently require telemetry.js, so the shipped payload is staged but not wired into the install-time entry point in this version. The combination of an obfuscated host-and-secret exfil module targeting an anonymous webhook collector, mismatched version metadata, and an install-time hook aimed at the package's own entry point indicates a malicious package.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-15924
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a9ad4e8acd9273b49b67662
Added to database: 09/04/2026, 14:25:44 UTC
Last updated: 09/04/2026, 14:25:44 UTC
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