MAL-2026-16319

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    MAL-2026-16319

    Published: 21 Sept 2026Last Modified: 21 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in @dbbhk/ui-components (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (478839dda68d2c5eefa1a55557602d4b12396c988211b28d785af531d0b19d07) @dbbhk/[email protected] declares both preinstall and postinstall hooks in package.json that execute `node callback.js`, so the payload runs automatically on `npm install`. callback.js queries the AWS instance metadata service at 169.254.169.254 for IAM role credentials, reads ECS task-role credentials via AWS_CONTAINER_CREDENTIALS_RELATIVE_URI, iterates process.env harvesting variables matching AWS/SECRET/KEY/TOKEN/PASSWORD/CREDENTIAL/AUTH/API/NPM/GITHUB/GITLAB patterns, and reads credential files including ~/.aws/credentials, /root/.aws/credentials, ~/.npmrc,.env,.npmrc, and the Kubernetes service-account token at /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token. It also collects host reconnaissance (hostname, whoami, id, platform, cwd, home directory, and CI-provider fingerprint for GitHub Actions/GitLab/Jenkins). Collected data is POSTed via https.request to api.telegram.org/bot<token>/sendMessage against a hardcoded Telegram bot and chat id 1064260758. The package name and scope impersonate an HSBC internal component (dependency-confusion shape with an implausibly high 99.0.0 version), and a header comment self-labels the file as an HSBC bug-bounty PoC; the code performs indiscriminate credential harvesting on any installer regardless of that framing.

    References: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@dbbhk/ui-components/v/99.0.0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: @dbbhk/ui-components

    Purl: pkg:npm/%40dbbhk/ui-components

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    99.0.0