MAL-2026-17699

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MAL-2026-17699

Summary: Malicious code in @dransay/secrets (npm)

Details: @dransay/[email protected] is a dependency-confusion probe claiming the internal `@dransay/*` namespace, not an identified public package. Its `preinstall` hook runs on npm install as `node beacon.js` and sends a DNS lookup and an HTTPS GET to `db3klhbi6i9hark1kegg174t38h33b6wt.oast.site`, using the package name in the request; npm account `0xamino_hunter` published it on 2026-10-08. Source: amazon-inspector (aef0f6b36413e45664391c5341f7c30a4501c2cc916add9ba6525bf57e559d51) The package declares a `preinstall` script that runs `beacon.js`, which performs a DNS lookup and HTTPS GET to a hardcoded Interactsh collector host (`db3klhbi6i9hark1kegg174t38h33b6wt.oast.site`) at `npm install` time. Both the DNS query and the HTTPS request embed the package name, so any machine that resolves and installs this scoped name sends an unsolicited out-of-band callback carrying the installing host's source IP, resolver identity, timing, and the internal package name to a third-party collector. The implausibly high `99.0.0` version against a scoped name is the dependency-confusion shape — the artifact is intended to win resolution against an internal `@dransay/secrets` and beacon from whichever build environment resolves it, disclosing internal network and build-system identity. No functional library code accompanies the beacon; the package's only on-install effect is the callback.

References: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@dransay/secrets/v/99.0.0, https://www.npmjs.com/package/@dransay/secrets