{"id":"MAL-2026-16175","summary":"Malicious code in csa-mfa (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (959d2728ff38a804033ca7e07235b3a14bce65bd0e948077ba148a53c6cccff9)\npackage.json declares a preinstall script that runs wget against http://169.58.142.14:8080/ with query parameters populated by shell command substitution of whoami, ls, and hostname. On npm install this automatically transmits the installer's username, current-directory listing, and hostname to a hardcoded bare-IP HTTP endpoint unrelated to any legitimate publisher infrastructure. There is no functional package purpose served by this behavior.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (a11e3bfb8822762235630fbc44ccd99a2ccd272eba3f16bf242b74c4eb1cdc86)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'csa-mfa' @ 1.1.16 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","modified":"2026-09-16T10:30:56.033405043Z","published":"2026-09-15T12:01:27Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-09-15T16:19:16.003396562Z","modified_time":"2026-09-15T15:55:51Z","sha256":"127e5aef88d9d0461a01b970500dcf6a839b1e89a93c0b6578216cdc98058c09","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.1.15"],"id":"IN-MAL-2026-020067"},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-020068","import_time":"2026-09-15T16:19:16.055154654Z","modified_time":"2026-09-15T15:56:01Z","sha256":"959d2728ff38a804033ca7e07235b3a14bce65bd0e948077ba148a53c6cccff9","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.1.16"]},{"versions":["1.1.16"],"import_time":"2026-09-16T10:19:31.637945853Z","modified_time":"2026-09-15T12:01:27Z","sha256":"a11e3bfb8822762235630fbc44ccd99a2ccd272eba3f16bf242b74c4eb1cdc86","source":"ossf-package-analysis"}]},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/csa-mfa/v/1.1.15"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/csa-mfa/v/1.1.16"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"csa-mfa","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/csa-mfa"},"versions":["1.1.15","1.1.16"],"database_specific":{"indicators":{"package_integrity":[{"hashes":{"sha1":"175585949685dcf833767c6100218a9755241145","sha512_sri":"sha512-Dvi3q0YCNc7CFHLtaTk+5Op9lE5cHcZyE/BjOWxxJdoYTYtraFkjUZrdQT0eqKyDqwFY8hJqLbzNmxtasKtqkQ=="},"filename":"csa-mfa-1.1.15.tgz"}],"evidence_files":[{"sha256":"aa7b28fbb5fb6fa72194395ecb9d554ce6aa85720ead0b92ee80e5d42d3391f8","tlsh":"f5f054bc9a24df531dc64f3414b15247b06077bf80527c08dbf33586a55d9c22c3c918","path":"package.json"}]},"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/csa-mfa/MAL-2026-16175.json","cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"},{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}]}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}