MAL-2026-16115

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    MAL-2026-16115

    Published: 10 Sept 2026Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in etoro-billing (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (3c1ceae274b450706288722b9f6c049114593ef2671de93ac58c4fd4a7318c9a) On `npm install`, the package's `preinstall` lifecycle hook executes `preinstall.js`, which reads `os.hostname()`, `os.userInfo().username`, and `process.cwd()` and issues an HTTP GET to `http://209.126.81.147/etoro-depconf-poce346552f776f/npm/<hostname>/<username>/<cwd>`. The destination is a hardcoded bare-IP over plain HTTP, unrelated to any documented eToro infrastructure. `index.js` is an empty stub (`module.exports = {}`), so the only effect of installing this package is the identifier beacon. The package name claims eToro affiliation and is published as version 999.0.0, a high-version pattern used to win resolution against an internal package of the same name (dependency confusion).

    References: https://www.npmjs.com/package/etoro-billing/v/999.0.0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: etoro-billing

    Purl: pkg:npm/etoro-billing

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    999.0.0