{"id":"MAL-2026-14033","summary":"Malicious code in meualelo (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (6fdf84c3f49f6d13b7ccbed745056f8bf03c4c7a2b814152962361ac07bd4191)\nThe package's preinstall.js collects hostname, username, platform, cwd, and the full process.env, then POSTs the JSON payload over HTTPS (with TLS verification disabled via rejectUnauthorized:false) to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint https://209.99.185.109/preinstall. index.js (postinstall path) additionally reads.env,.npmrc, package.json, and parent-directory.env files, runs whoami/id, and ships the collected contents plus full process.env to https://209.99.185.109/postinstall..npmrc typically contains the installer's npm _authToken and.env commonly contains cloud, database, and CI credentials. The package presents itself with author 'Alelo Dev Team' at version 99.0.0 while a bundled login.ps1 references a personal proton.me account for npm publishing, consistent with brand impersonation of Alelo.\n","modified":"2026-08-14T14:46:35.991290941Z","published":"2026-08-14T14:11:16Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["99.0.0"],"id":"IN-MAL-2026-017754","import_time":"2026-08-14T14:28:06.070504225Z","modified_time":"2026-08-14T14:11:16Z","sha256":"6fdf84c3f49f6d13b7ccbed745056f8bf03c4c7a2b814152962361ac07bd4191"}]},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/meualelo/v/99.0.0"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"meualelo","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/meualelo"},"versions":["99.0.0"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"tlsh":"2ff002f041b9f2f07af5a6c0b067982261b3e1103917bcf0c9d841456b8f4681173cf1","path":"preinstall.js","sha256":"d753bcad41ebf25fd1393ca3e6690c5213b956305ad9c50aa968b717ae7aec37"},{"sha256":"27b0b358d7bdb88d005f7ac164dff32b13f7ac2c52eea12495e29aac286d3b65","tlsh":"4c21e1f067a4a3b07ab556d4e1ae50006263e2123d26b6f0b5d801917b1997815b3db0","path":"index.js"},{"sha256":"d784a3de392836730544da8e2ba25bcaaad2632f0cc8e4b8ce76b5cb4fe82d2b","tlsh":"d7f0a272910a614d3ee4466b00f4f536fd3b133269d4de94a6a916c9f8c195c2972833","path":"login.ps1"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"meualelo-99.0.0.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"a846f9cc16a80c77fc504a18c898659939226b77","sha512_sri":"sha512-HPqpyXDaTX0lmZqsW8Jf6U5nlxVaV4DN/swAlw9s54IvvFz3/zo1r309GwciFRFjeakZ66MKY4ODJWj5ntvGww=="}}]},"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/meualelo/MAL-2026-14033.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}