MAL-2026-16119

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    MAL-2026-16119

    Published: 10 Sept 2026Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in etoro-client (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (d31819832ff4b43fc9bc7bcd9f3439f71902802331ba6df3c3964c47765397e1) The preinstall lifecycle script in [email protected] unconditionally sends the installer's hostname, OS username, and current working directory to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://209.126.81.147/etoro-depconf-poce346552f776f/npm/<host>/<user>/<cwd> over plain HTTP at `npm install` time. The package name combined with the implausibly high 999.0.0 version and the `depconf` path token indicate a dependency-confusion attack targeting an internal `etoro-client` package: publishing a high-version public namesake so that misconfigured resolvers pull this artifact instead of the private internal one. The preinstall beacon then confirms successful landing on a target and identifies the host, user, and build path.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: etoro-client

    Purl: pkg:npm/etoro-client

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    999.0.0