strapi-plugin-persh-meeb

GHSA-x89g-768f-7xrv

Malicious code in strapi-plugin-persh-meeb (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 3.6.8`

## Source: amazon-inspector (67ce68eeb9a309b5fff512e24a1b8f4c12fb171c0752d6a04293a4e72c805088)
[email protected] ships a postinstall.js (also declared as the package `main`) that runs automatically on `npm install`. The script spawns a Python one-liner that opens a TCP socket to the hardcoded bare IP 14.225.210.85 on port 443 (with:80 also referenced), duplicates the socket over stdio, and calls `pty.spawn("sh")`, giving the remote host an interactive shell on the installer's machine. Retries up to 5 times at 10-second intervals. Execution is gated by a hostname allowlist check (`os.hostname() === 'ubuntu-fc-uvm'`) and logs to `/tmp/postinstall-revshell.log`, consistent with a targeted red-team or victim-tuned implant. The destination is a bare IP unrelated to any Strapi or plugin-publisher infrastructure, and the package name resembles the Strapi plugin ecosystem.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/77e1abe54c807a94ef54fde706a23385c94d9e9b/osv/malicious/npm/strapi-plugin-persh-meeb/MAL-2026-16237.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/77e1abe54c807a94ef54fde706a23385c94d9e9b/osv/malicious/npm/strapi-plugin-persh-meeb/MAL-2026-16237.json
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/strapi-plugin-persh-meeb/v/3.6.8
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x89g-768f-7xrv

Compromised versions (1)

= 3.6.8

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