{"id":"MAL-2026-2213","summary":"Malicious code in @virtahealth/substrate-root (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (c8348bbc19210fd9962510b31c4e08572ba739767bd183a4c867071a9a5f9d18)\nThe package @virtahealth/substrate-root was found to contain malicious code.\n\n## Source: google-open-source-security (010efef42ba2d9d54d09099af01e1bf536eedbdb4f873b02785f625a258d3801)\nThis package was compromised by the CanisterWorm campaign by the TeamPCP\nthreat actor. The malicious payload establishes persistence as user systemd\nservice and places a backdoor on the infected host. The malware will also\nharvest npm credentials and can autonomously spread.\n","modified":"2026-03-31T03:22:10.107828Z","published":"2026-03-26T00:33:27Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-03-26T00:34:45.527654Z","versions":["1.0.1"],"modified_time":"2026-03-26T00:33:27Z","sha256":"010efef42ba2d9d54d09099af01e1bf536eedbdb4f873b02785f625a258d3801","source":"google-open-source-security"},{"import_time":"2026-03-31T03:10:11.384374615Z","versions":["1.0.1"],"modified_time":"2026-03-31T02:07:58Z","sha256":"c8348bbc19210fd9962510b31c4e08572ba739767bd183a4c867071a9a5f9d18","source":"amazon-inspector"}],"iocs":{"urls":["https://tdtqy-oyaaa-aaaae-af2dq-cai.raw.icp0.io/"],"domains":["litellm.cloud"]}},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://socket.dev/blog/canisterworm-npm-publisher-compromise-deploys-backdoor-across-29-packages"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://research.jfrog.com/post/canister-worm/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.endorlabs.com/learn/canisterworm"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"@virtahealth/substrate-root","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/%40virtahealth/substrate-root"},"versions":["1.0.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@virtahealth/substrate-root/MAL-2026-2213.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["actran@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}