npm · Malicious package advisory
Malwarenitro-cjs-requirer
MAL-2026-17775
Malicious code in nitro-cjs-requirer (npm)
Details
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (b78ca7e6d900dde3d7b9a367cdc359f3ec47a8b662ff53dd9c6542edbdb00b0b) The package is a beacon carrier with no real functionality. The declared postinstall script runs beacon.cjs, which POSTs the package name, os.hostname(), __dirname install path, process.cwd(), and node version to the hardcoded bare-IP, plain-HTTP endpoint http://185.158.107.175:8787/_ah/dc. The same fire() call is also invoked at module load from index.js, which otherwise exports a Proxy returning no-op functions for every property so the module appears to be a compatibility shim. Installer host identifiers are therefore sent unconditionally both at npm install (via the postinstall lifecycle hook) and on require(), to a bare-IP endpoint unrelated to any publisher, with no caller opt-in and no documented purpose. The shape — hollow stub module, dual install-time and require-time beacon trigger, hardcoded bare-IP over plain HTTP, host/path/cwd identifiers — is a dependency-confusion or build-pipeline reconnaissance probe.
Compromised versions (6)
- 1.0.0
- 0.0.1
- 1.1.0
- 2.0.0
- 99.0.1
- 3.0.0
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.