cisco-github-simple

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.0.1`

## Source: amazon-inspector (2281890525d50138fab3030e71561f01f898fe9b97d56d2a894f1abf30632205)
The package declares a preinstall lifecycle hook (`node index.js`) that runs automatically on `npm install`. index.js collects host reconnaissance from the installer — os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, home directory, DNS server list, and the contents of /etc/passwd and /etc/hosts, together with the package.json — assembles them into a JSON tracking payload, and POSTs the payload over HTTPS to the Burp Collaborator subdomain prk15yh0sbkd1305h200c2wv5mbhz7nw.oastify.com. The package name impersonates Cisco's GitHub namespace, consistent with a dependency-confusion recon beacon targeting internal Cisco builds. There is no legitimate purpose served by the code; installing or building against this package leaks sensitive host and account information to an attacker-controlled out-of-band domain.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/93f5690fa3407c473772bcaade41b8b92c4b22bd/osv/malicious/npm/cisco-github-simple/MAL-2026-16381.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/93f5690fa3407c473772bcaade41b8b92c4b22bd/osv/malicious/npm/cisco-github-simple/MAL-2026-16381.json
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/cisco-github-simple/v/1.0.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2ph4-jf5x-92pp

Compromised versions (1)

• = 1.0.1

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.