Malicious code in @drone-js-ext/vip-badge (npm)

--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (914f57c3481f23f4682ff7bdd7b9849865531023c6d547ed76d42e9da6bbd8dc) @drone-js-ext/vip-badge is a functionless stub whose only behavior is a phone-home beacon. The package.json postinstall script runs `node beacon.cjs`, and `index.js` fires the same beacon on `require()` while exporting a Proxy that returns no-ops for every property access. beacon.cjs collects the installer's hostname (`os.hostname()`), install path (`__dirname`), current working directory (`process.cwd()`), Node.js version, and package coordinate, then POSTs them as JSON to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint http://185.158.107.175:8787/_ah/dc over plain HTTP. The destination is not the npm registry, not a publisher-owned domain, and is reached automatically at install time and on module load without any caller invocation. The scope name mimics a plausible internal/vendor namespace, and the shipped contents match the dependency-confusion beacon pattern — a stub published to prove install on target networks and disclose host identity to an uncontrolled third party.

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25 Oct 2026 04:50:18 UTC

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26 Oct 2026 06:45:16 UTC

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26 Oct 2026 07:21:08 UTC

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