MAL-2026-14265

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/easydsbots/MAL-2026-14265.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14265
Published
2026-08-19T06:28:27Z
Modified
2026-08-19T07:00:15.490030073Z
Summary
Malicious code in easydsbots (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (6c3ee114e4ac67d2d02a9668c7ed0b38cbf62f9bc59e35b92c0ff9e713d3a688)

package.json declares "postinstall": "sudo node install.js", escalating to root on npm install. install.js is heavily obfuscated (obfuscator.io: rotated 140-entry string array a0_0xdc68, hex-encoded property lookups, control-flow flattening, self-defending stubs) so the executed behavior is deliberately hidden from installers. index.js is similarly obfuscated (rotated 164-entry string array a0_0x53d8, runtime base64 decoding via Buffer[...](ertrf,...).toString()), declares js-virtualizer as a runtime dependency, and reads process.env.INVOCATION_ID into an isRunningAsService flag — an environment variable set only when a process is launched by systemd. The package also depends on node-linux, a library that registers /etc/init.d or systemd unit files. The combination — root-level lifecycle hook, opaque payload, systemd-context branch, and a daemon-installer dependency — is the shape of an obfuscated root-persistent daemon dropper executed at install time on the installer's host.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T06:49:44.442807323Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T06:28:27Z",
            "sha256": "6c3ee114e4ac67d2d02a9668c7ed0b38cbf62f9bc59e35b92c0ff9e713d3a688",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018382"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / easydsbots

Package

Name
easydsbots
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Purl
pkg:npm/easydsbots

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/easydsbots/MAL-2026-14265.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "easydsbots-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-hwjlUxKPc+EyzJObdBgSTkLdQpkeKIkQZk7OQLvFfFp6TTz0AemmpDHRmKSO1iu6YixKFfz28UZCVrBBfiIsZQ==",
                "sha1": "65faab96a543a5acf2ee77aa5b28ee21002843be"
            }
        }
    ],
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "5de07d040c219b7325c199d85c23108bbf8b0714420884040397514453ed7bf04bf70a",
            "sha256": "5c7fb57281a7c9b072e73456826c3bc1eac9e6ededd6f4c47272fc0595a360b8"
        },
        {
            "path": "index.js",
            "tlsh": "1303dec477c1f843228f4f737b16b6f5e12a4c9671c8248bf108bd98f9a9516e6a0db1",
            "sha256": "afd29f259cf6db93f45778b360d4552da1fc7aedea88869246039ec6e6e010bf"
        }
    ]
}