MAL-2026-18607

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    MAL-2026-18607

    Published: 2 Nov 2026Last Modified: 4 Nov 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in et_phone_home (npm)

    Details: Runs on install. The postinstall script fetches a path from a bare IPv4 address with wget, contacting a remote host from every machine that installs the package. Version examined: 0.0.5; tarball SHA-256 58f9b4c9c26abe6ac52353ce1e0a824fba06c8aa7cefa94d2d4805306053e82c.

    References:

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: et_phone_home

    Purl: pkg:npm/et_phone_home

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.0.5