MAL-2026-10169

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    MAL-2026-10169

    Published: 10 Jul 2026Last Modified: 10 Jul 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in paysafe-js (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (a1dc1a7847e47ee850fe8a4011ce83950962ab65cc742eb52919d13abe431e59) [email protected] impersonates a Paysafe payments SDK (package name, description "Paysafe JavaScript SDK", and repository URL github.com/paysafe/paysafe-js) but its index.js contains XOR+base64-obfuscated logic that harvests installer secrets. When a consumer invokes the SDK's payments/customers methods with an apiKey configured, the code enumerates process.env, selects keys whose names contain substrings like key/secret/token/pass/auth/api, truncates each value to 100 characters, and POSTs the collected values along with hostname, username, cwd, package name, and call metadata to a hardcoded remote host on port 8443. The C2 hostname is concealed via a base64 + char-shift(-5) + reverse pipeline; HTTP method, headers, path, and env-key filter substrings are hidden with a raw XOR key decoded from base64. A sandbox-evasion gate (CPU count and hostname/username substring checks) and a delayed setTimeout (~26 seconds) precede transmission. Any developer who integrates this package expecting the Paysafe SDK will leak the credential-shaped environment variables of their build or runtime environment to the attacker.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: paysafe-js

    Purl: pkg:npm/paysafe-js

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    MAL-2026-10169 | CVE-DB