Malicious code in ap3-foundations-ui (npm)

ap3-foundations-ui describes itself as a security research PoC for dependency confusion and does not identify an upstream package it copies. Its `preinstall` hook runs `node index.js` during `npm install`; the script sends the package name and version, hostname, username, home directory, working directory, platform, architecture, and CI flag to `https://webhook.site/7dbd5e4e-3156-427f-b383-30c14d845587`. The npm account vikkuthetester22 published it on 2026-10-12. --- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (7469eefaab624821647b4e412c4ceac1f422d4857b8484767041fdc355398477) The package's preinstall hook runs index.js, which collects installer host identifiers (os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, os.homedir(), process.cwd(), os.platform(), os.arch(), and process.env.CI) and POSTs them as JSON to a hardcoded third-party collector at https://webhook.site/7dbd5e4e-3156-427f-b383-30c14d845587. The behavior fires automatically on `npm install` without caller consent. The package is published at version 99.0.1 under a name consistent with an internal/private namespace, matching the shape of a dependency-confusion beacon used to confirm successful name hijack in a target environment. The exfiltrated fields identify the installing host, user account, working directory, and CI status — information useful for targeting follow-on attacks against the organization whose build pulled the package.

Source published

12 Oct 2026 00:57:37 UTC

Source modified

13 Oct 2026 06:45:04 UTC

Observed here

24 Oct 2026 13:17:17 UTC

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