Malicious code in @greenlake/mfe-login-url (npm)

@greenlake/mfe-login-url is a dependency-confusion package: it is described as a "Compatibility shim", uses inflated version numbers, and its README calls it an "authorized dependency-confusion test". Each listed version (2.0.0, 1.0.0, 3.0.0) has a postinstall script that runs `node beacon.cjs` on npm install, and index.js calls the same code when the package is imported; it POSTs the hostname, install path and current working directory over plain HTTP to `http://185.158.107.175:8787/_ah/dc`, and index.js exports a Proxy that returns no-op functions so builds importing the real package keep running. The npm account wiseke published 14 such packages under the @greenlake, @sxm-web, @drone-js-ext and @ppa-web-components scopes between 2026-10-23 21:23 and 2026-10-25 14:28 UTC; index.js is byte-identical to that of ph-common (MAL-2026-1809), which sends to the same endpoint. --- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (8669a0a99995d7a57a13210e4b7e8fe8449f746ab808271370776d072491b3db) @greenlake/mfe-login-url 2.0.0 presents itself as an empty compatibility shim but ships a beacon.cjs that POSTs installer hostname, install path, cwd, and Node version to the hardcoded plain-HTTP bare-IP endpoint http://185.158.107.175:8787/_ah/dc. The beacon fires in two places: package.json declares a postinstall script running `node beacon.cjs`, and index.js (a Proxy-based no-op stub designed not to break bundlers) invokes `require('./beacon.cjs').fire()` on import. The scope `@greenlake` and the stub-plus-beacon shape are consistent with a dependency-confusion reconnaissance package that silently confirms successful installs inside internal build systems and discloses host identifiers to an unknown operator. There is no legitimate functional code; the entire package exists to exfiltrate installer host metadata.

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23 Oct 2026 21:33:58 UTC

Source modified

26 Oct 2026 06:00:04 UTC

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26 Oct 2026 06:21:11 UTC

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