{"schema_version":"1.9.0","id":"MAL-2026-18273","published":"2026-10-25T14:39:39Z","modified":"2026-10-25T14:45:04.661009126Z","summary":"Malicious code in @ppa-web-components/ppa-builder (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (132a763229562f58056a9865006e3645b39657374a953534c63474e8ad54f8be)\nThe package is a shim with no functional code: its main module exports a Proxy that returns a no-op function for every property, so any import of the scoped name succeeds silently. A postinstall script (beacon.cjs) and the main module both POST host-identifying data — package name, os.hostname(), __dirname install path, process.cwd(), and process.version — to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://185.158.107.175:8787/_ah/dc over plain HTTP. The beacon fires automatically on npm install via the postinstall lifecycle hook and again on require() of the main entry, with no opt-in and no documentation. The destination is not a first-party or vendor-affiliated host, and the scoped name resembles a legitimate component library, consistent with a dependency-confusion / typosquat reconnaissance beacon.\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"@ppa-web-components/ppa-builder","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/%40ppa-web-components/ppa-builder"},"versions":["99.0.1"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"beacon.cjs","sha256":"2d42e587e44baa467df3603fc57b106ba22381d21b41a453540bf59b9ac739a7","tlsh":"cf3161eba8e0e0489aa67098d54f1409f27bf0069501ab50fd5c82919f6257c33fa8dc"},{"path":"index.js","sha256":"a86a4da763bbb34c16f361abe7aab66d5df591b66867ac8160041f932159b08d","tlsh":"2201d0d7225661b10b5221a4978f43c4a3b99d74027941d0d84a9226365108c463b8ee"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"ppa-builder-99.0.1.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"72e26f8c35df11e264efa7f54c1d2e6dca014be0","sha512_sri":"sha512-S/snuH1515vFJjL0A7ApZ2ziwhzK1Zk85s6b4xx0PX5v4v+dsIJUs39jznig8N4lym1ePIMbSBdUGQgFvfjgBw=="}}]},"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@ppa-web-components/ppa-builder/MAL-2026-18273.json"}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ppa-web-components/ppa-builder/v/99.0.1"}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-021662","import_time":"2026-10-25T14:39:52.036213738Z","modified_time":"2026-10-25T14:39:39Z","sha256":"132a763229562f58056a9865006e3645b39657374a953534c63474e8ad54f8be","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["99.0.1"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}