MAL-2026-16306

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    MAL-2026-16306

    Published: 21 Sept 2026Last Modified: 21 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in @nimbusedge2/xa (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (537505221bc3cd73b0d5a60062d6ad127211b2d1be1f1cdfdac13053e2224a11) package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle script that runs an interactive bash reverse shell to the hardcoded host 147.93.157.202.nip.io on TCP port 8080 and pipes the shell's output through curl to http://canarytokens.com/terms/7dc94zmd3so67n5vbz5bxmt7v/contact.php. Because preinstall fires automatically on `npm install`, any machine that installs this package attempts to grant a remote party interactive command execution on the installer's host and unconditionally beacons install-time output over plain HTTP to a third-party tracking endpoint. The nip.io wrapper resolves the bare IP 147.93.157.202 without DNS registration, and the destination and token are hardcoded in the manifest with no caller configuration path.

    References: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nimbusedge2/xa/v/1.1.0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: @nimbusedge2/xa

    Purl: pkg:npm/%40nimbusedge2/xa

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.1.0