process-mite

GHSA-vgjx-m4jg-wrvq

Malicious code in process-mite (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 1.1.79`

## Source: amazon-inspector (4763fac30373bc805351d0eb8e0989cde9dcd2ab2c1b18f9eb7bde4e61765191)
On import of the package main, index.js auto-invokes an initialize() routine that spawns a detached `node loader.js` process. loader.js performs an HTTPS GET against the hardcoded endpoint https://api.npoint.io/33e8d008c334b060adad, base64-decodes the `code` field of the returned JSON, and executes the decoded string via `new Function("require","__dirname","__filename","module","exports", decodedCode)(...)`, granting the fetched payload full Node.js capabilities on the installer's host. npoint.io is a user-editable JSON hosting service, so the executed code is mutable by whoever controls the note and is unpinned and unverified. package.json and README present the package as a 'runtime-utils' library exporting getRuntimeInfo, but no such API is shipped; the advertised purpose is a cover story for the dropper. In-source comments self-describe the module as an embedded remote-code-execution client.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/77e1abe54c807a94ef54fde706a23385c94d9e9b/osv/malicious/npm/process-mite/MAL-2026-16224.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/77e1abe54c807a94ef54fde706a23385c94d9e9b/osv/malicious/npm/process-mite/MAL-2026-16224.json
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/process-mite/v/1.1.79
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vgjx-m4jg-wrvq

Compromised versions (1)

= 1.1.79

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