MAL-2026-16542

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    MAL-2026-16542

    Published: 22 Sept 2026Last Modified: 30 Sept 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in zeal-utils (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (f7a4b9b4fcb0a48aa3602fc7bc865eff738f8ab42a4c9e56ea31e70b0b6b826f) canary.js in [email protected] collects host reconnaissance data (os.hostname(), os.userInfo(), process.platform, cwd, node version) and POSTs it to the hardcoded external endpoint https://npm-canary.aveliscare.com. The destination is not a package registry or documented vendor endpoint and is unrelated to any legitimate utility functionality implied by the package name. The package name and near-empty version (0.0.0) combined with a single script that beacons system identification to an author-controlled host is consistent with a dependency-confusion or canary-token style beacon that identifies internal build environments where the package resolves.

    References: https://www.npmjs.com/package/zeal-utils/v/0.0.0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: zeal-utils

    Purl: pkg:npm/zeal-utils

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.0