MAL-2026-16178

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    MAL-2026-16178

    Published: 15 Sept 2026Last Modified: 15 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in process-lhpm (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (a663308c4051eb4b31faf7fb984989f3e1b3498e505dc05052e2beb5fbf7e6d2) On require/import, index.js auto-invokes initialize(), which spawns a detached, stdio-suppressed `node loader.js` background process. loader.js performs an HTTPS GET to https://api.npoint.io/33e8d008c334b060adad, base64-decodes the `code` field of the JSON response, and executes it via `new Function('require','__dirname','__filename','module','exports', decodedCode)(...)` with full Node privileges and require access. The remote payload URL is stored in a variable named `API_KEY` to obscure its role. api.npoint.io is a mutable third-party JSON hosting service, so the executed code can be swapped by the operator at any time without republishing the package. The detached child process outlives the importing application, establishing a persistent remote-code-loading channel on any host that imports this package.

    References: https://www.npmjs.com/package/process-lhpm/v/1.1.79

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: process-lhpm

    Purl: pkg:npm/process-lhpm

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.1.79