{"id":"MAL-2026-17668","revision":"4da00fc164ec4151aa3e28d81711a40a","records":[{"revision":"4da00fc164ec4151aa3e28d81711a40a","observedAt":"2026-10-24T13:17:17.793+00:00","statement":{"source":"osv","id":"MAL-2026-17668","aliases":[],"title":"Malicious code in @dransay/address-validation (npm)","description":"@dransay/address-validation@99.0.0 is a dependency-confusion probe claiming the internal `@dransay/*` namespace, not an identified public package. Its `preinstall` hook runs on npm install as `node beacon.js` and sends a DNS lookup and an HTTPS GET to `db3klhbi6i9hark1kegg174t38h33b6wt.oast.site`, using the package name in the request; npm account `0xamino_hunter` published it on 2026-10-08.\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (189df4f2830e64a9cfbd0bed6ae8357aff16dc5496d83c3e5e4bd9457b536fa7)\n@dransay/address-validation@99.0.0 declares a preinstall script (`node beacon.js`) that fires on `npm install` and performs a DNS lookup plus HTTPS GET to a subdomain of the Interactsh collaborator service `oast.site` with the path `/address-validation`. The implausibly high version number (99.0.0) and the preinstall callback are consistent with a dependency-confusion probe: any environment resolving this name reveals its egress IP and the package name to the operator of the collaborator host. No installer secrets, environment variables, or filesystem contents are read; the beacon transmits only install metadata (source IP, package name, DNS resolver). No code is fetched or executed from the remote host, and no persistence is established.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (82ababa5637b2f53f5087a161eeba1b6ca6ddba6d31ebb7842614bf0da119fa7)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@dransay/address-validation' @ 99.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-08T08:00:26+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-12T04:45:05.9177268+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"@dransay/address-validation","ranges":[],"versions":["99.0.0"],"rawVersionEvidence":null}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://www.npmjs.com/package/@dransay/address-validation/v/99.0.0","https://www.npmjs.com/package/@dransay/address-validation"],"sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17668","license":"OSV · upstream source license applies","key":"osv:MAL-2026-17668","identifiers":["MAL-2026-17668"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}