mal-2026-4655
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: amazon-inspector (004a5cc51cc0e38448c56189fb4437ad113eec163f7ae1a7692b88d6aed71182)
The package's install lifecycle script (node index.js) and its main entry both load lib/core.js, which reads os.userInfo().username, os.hostname(), and the current working directory basename and encodes them into a subdomain of oob.sl4x0.xyz, then triggers a dns.resolve4 lookup of samsung.<user>.<host>.<cwd>.<ts>.oob.sl4x0.xyz. This is an out-of-band DNS exfiltration beacon that fires on every npm install and on every require() of the package, leaking installer identity to an attacker-controlled domain. Module names (os, dns, process, userInfo, hostname, resolve4) and the C2 domain are hidden as String.fromCharCode charcode arrays in lib/b02e30.js and lib/6ad264.js, with os and dns loaded via module.constructor._load(...) to evade static require scanners. The package name impersonates the popular qr-code-styling library but ships an unrelated API surface, and the author email research@sl4x0.xyz shares the same domain as the exfiltration host — confirming the typosquat lure and attacker-controlled infrastructure.
Source: ghsa-malware (43b8423ecd37f8d1df1993875c76be89c795b0d55248f8cf0f03071405cca3f2)
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"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"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
}
],
"indicators": {
"evidence_files": [
{
"path": "lib/core.js",
"sha256": "d24415d02b2768deed6613ba41e3837825889459718a582d352a0805d40a321c",
"tlsh": "d0f02d69b393c48f97e096d0360a53d18559c3c0e7cf8195fb7c4a87904e7d1ca85a55"
},
{
"path": "lib/b02e30.js",
"sha256": "1a2311c854ee8851bcbb6c5ec8cad943891f72e184b21bd9716581be36295af0",
"tlsh": "56e068073303c94fa1c80bfb7d0050e0aa0d8b58a21dc0d6b528678500af447c0c0632"
},
{
"path": "package.json",
"sha256": "a30d0c5d786712e9c52406ca2a4e8671031aa6e93ee0b4512776bbe3c6cab583",
"tlsh": "16218b22ce214c233ad969a0ad6d3941b4a70c974e547c0977c2522d8fdf26f12bf61d"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"filename": "qr-code-styling-temp-9.9.10.tgz",
"hashes": {
"sha1": "07bf549e8950e4005997e20e77f7376de489af54",
"sha512_sri": "sha512-veeCwOt/VuCzgo8x3TW2v2ZKMlOok62RbOn70hYbJJrmZjtI5EkJIYw9VNcOgY9qqStWgNhMNTWzZ6VMAwSXhg=="
}
}
]
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "qr-code-styling-temp"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "SEMVER"
}
],
"versions": [
"9.9.10",
"9.9.11"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"GHSA-pp2c-4x5r-7h8j"
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"actran@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-003240",
"import_time": "2026-05-26T05:50:16.384829394Z",
"modified_time": "2026-05-19T18:45:27Z",
"sha256": "004a5cc51cc0e38448c56189fb4437ad113eec163f7ae1a7692b88d6aed71182",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"9.9.10"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-003248",
"import_time": "2026-05-26T05:50:17.416947799Z",
"modified_time": "2026-05-19T18:58:10Z",
"sha256": "20b1cb1f8211a6eb0d5b0ec3bb8cf8819cdd1c661c806e838d62f8c157e0e37f",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"9.9.11"
]
},
{
"id": "GHSA-pp2c-4x5r-7h8j",
"import_time": "2026-08-21T12:26:03.496845058Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-21T11:28:58Z",
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "SEMVER"
}
],
"sha256": "43b8423ecd37f8d1df1993875c76be89c795b0d55248f8cf0f03071405cca3f2",
"source": "ghsa-malware"
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (004a5cc51cc0e38448c56189fb4437ad113eec163f7ae1a7692b88d6aed71182)\nThe package\u0027s `install` lifecycle script (`node index.js`) and its main entry both load `lib/core.js`, which reads `os.userInfo().username`, `os.hostname()`, and the current working directory basename and encodes them into a subdomain of `oob.sl4x0.xyz`, then triggers a `dns.resolve4` lookup of `samsung.\u003cuser\u003e.\u003chost\u003e.\u003ccwd\u003e.\u003cts\u003e.oob.sl4x0.xyz`. This is an out-of-band DNS exfiltration beacon that fires on every `npm install` and on every `require()` of the package, leaking installer identity to an attacker-controlled domain. Module names (`os`, `dns`, `process`, `userInfo`, `hostname`, `resolve4`) and the C2 domain are hidden as `String.fromCharCode` charcode arrays in lib/b02e30.js and lib/6ad264.js, with `os` and `dns` loaded via `module.constructor._load(...)` to evade static `require` scanners. The package name impersonates the popular `qr-code-styling` library but ships an unrelated API surface, and the author email `research@sl4x0.xyz` shares the same domain as the exfiltration host \u2014 confirming the typosquat lure and attacker-controlled infrastructure.\n\n## Source: ghsa-malware (43b8423ecd37f8d1df1993875c76be89c795b0d55248f8cf0f03071405cca3f2)\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-4655",
"modified": "2026-08-21T12:28:12.143733227Z",
"published": "2026-05-19T18:45:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/qr-code-styling-temp/v/9.9.10"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/qr-code-styling-temp/v/9.9.11"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pp2c-4x5r-7h8j"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in qr-code-styling-temp (npm)"
}
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.