vps-maintenance (npm) · Malicious Code
Affects vps-maintenanceSource GCVE Database
Malicious package : remove vps-maintenance and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:56 UTC
Malicious package
Published to npm · OSV MAL-2026-6756
What to do
Remove vps-maintenance from every project, lockfile and image that pulls it in. Treat any host that installed it as compromised: rotate the credentials, tokens and keys it could read, from a clean machine.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| npmvps-maintenance | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (110b8556d612185c2c6ea84731898d4f23f04658556e1ff22852f953b956e43a) The package.json `postinstall` script executes a Node one-liner that opens a TCP connection to the hardcoded IP 185.112.147.174 on port 7007 and spawns `/bin/sh` with its stdio piped through the socket. Because npm auto-runs `postinstall` during `npm install`, any installer machine that runs `npm install vps-maintenance` immediately hands an interactive shell to whoever operates that endpoint, yielding arbitrary remote code execution as the installing user. There is no legitimate install-time use for a bare-IP shell bridge — this is a reverse-shell dropper, not a build helper, runtime fetch, or native-addon step. The package name (`vps-maintenance`) is a cover story; the actual behavior is a backdoor. ## Source: ghsa-malware (f1bd499e6bf54539cafac021d6389fbb6684b7b91795b7ab5340fd4f8840a4f0) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.