{"id":"MAL-2026-15613","summary":"Malicious code in mobiwaefhxc3 (npm)","details":"Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security (see reference). The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm \"main\" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute at `npm install` time. index.html renders a fake Cloudflare Turnstile verification widget. An obfuscator.io-obfuscated inline script POSTs a hardcoded per-package \"hostKey\" to https://api.keyval.org/get, receives a base64-encoded IV:ciphertext pair, decrypts it client-side via the Web Crypto API (AES-CTR) using an embedded key to obtain a redirect URL, appends the visitor's original query-string parameters, and navigates the browser there via window.location.replace(). This \"dead drop\" design lets the operator change the phishing destination for every package sharing a hostKey without republishing to npm; OX Security observed keyval.org-served destinations including a typosquatted Microsoft login page and, at time of writing, a ChatGPT redirect. The package therefore does not attack the installing machine directly; it is used as a static file host on the npm CDN (e.g. unpkg/jsDelivr) so the index.html can be linked to and opened directly in a victim's browser as a phishing/ClickFix landing page. Published by npm user \"johnvaldez9a\" as part of a burst of near-identical single-purpose packages published between 2026-08-04 and 2026-08-24 that share this same fake-Turnstile-redirect page structure.\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (cb25d817a37807ea08d31532112a2013075446d8e86806a858180dbabe1ec012)\nThe package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code\n","modified":"2026-08-31T18:31:20.062732812Z","published":"2026-08-26T14:55:09Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-08-31T18:22:27.163031276Z","modified_time":"2026-08-31T17:56:14Z","sha256":"cb25d817a37807ea08d31532112a2013075446d8e86806a858180dbabe1ec012","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.0"],"id":"IN-MAL-2026-019261"}]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.ox.security/blog/research-clickfix-phishing-npm-packages/"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/mobiwaefhxc3/v/1.0.0"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mobiwaefhxc3","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/mobiwaefhxc3"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code","cweId":"CWE-506"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"index.html","sha256":"29dd0f82dd030740891951b4133ee37459c16b8ff52308af9610de3813d53b34","tlsh":"6f13c66163e0785021076fb67b2ff2e6f6245aad304518caf24cbd84efe6908e7d4931"}],"package_integrity":[{"hashes":{"sha512_sri":"sha512-xGwEnQ3A/woaVznD5bS3o9tAigxS968HUwita5+xEsqdsNdqwkDChvB+C21641oJpMboaX/Rtfddo3xm0JKy8Q==","sha1":"0143966bc2379fdfe89d486c700a9d6df1242278"},"filename":"mobiwaefhxc3-1.0.0.tgz"}]},"iocs":{"files":[{"note":"Fake Cloudflare Turnstile page bundled as the package's main entry (from v1.0.0, the latest published version)","paths":["index.html"],"source":"PACKAGE_ARCHIVE","digests":{"sha256":"29dd0f82dd030740891951b4133ee37459c16b8ff52308af9610de3813d53b34"}}],"domains":["api.keyval.org"]},"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/mobiwaefhxc3/MAL-2026-15613.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"OX Security","contact":["https://www.ox.security/"],"type":"FINDER"}]}