Vulnerability
Malicious code in ecto-nightly-spirit (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (5dea0702101217f4a918a23191023bbd9e7d3b5478028bb0868341a574526e97) On `npm install`, postinstall.js executes unconditionally and performs three installer-harming actions. (1) It enumerates every key/value pair in `process.env` and scans for HTB{...} flag patterns (postinstall.js:42-45). (2) It reads a hardcoded list of absolute filesystem paths (/flag.txt, /root/flag.txt, /app/flag.txt, etc.) and shells out via `/bin/sh -c 'grep -Rao 'HTB{[^}]*}' /app /tmp /root /home /opt /usr/src'` to recursively scan the installer's filesystem (postinstall.js:65). (3) It HTTP-PUTs the discovered string (or a `NOFLAG uid=... cwd=...` fallback containing host identifiers) to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint `http://154.57.164.70:30569/api/modules/ECT-472839` over plain HTTP. Additionally, postinstall.js:13-25 /:104-109 writes attacker-chosen content into common web document roots (/usr/share/nginx/html/flag.txt, /var/www/html/flag.txt, /app/public/flag.txt, etc.), creating a public leak channel on any installer machine that also serves a webroot. Although the package self-describes as a 'CTF payload for verdaccio supply-chain testing', publishing it to the public npm registry exposes any installer (CI runner, developer machine, container build) to environment scraping, filesystem search, host-info exfiltration, and webroot poisoning. ## Source: ghsa-malware (6d71f699510b488ccfcbffb3506c7201419f7229c5aa2544aae21845b8c56081) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
No CVSS base score from NVD or GHSA yet. NVD typically scores within 24–72 hours of publication; GHSA usually within a day for OSS-flagged CVEs. Last record update .
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No exploitation, limited impact or prevalence