Source: amazon-inspector (6b0841cccc5aa4961351a4cf991d7744a1d7acc4da3824321fed50e1e7b8657d)
dcfarguscert@999.0.1 registers both preinstall and postinstall lifecycle scripts that invoke src/telemetry.js. On install, telemetry.js collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, OS release, process.platform, process.arch, Node version, CI flag) and the output of npm ls -g --depth=0 --json (the installer's globally installed npm package inventory), then POSTs the aggregated payload over plain HTTP to the hardcoded endpoint http://16-171-38-148.sslip.io:8080/api/install (bare IP 16.171.38.148 encoded via sslip.io). The version number 999.0.1 and the package description referencing a 'dependency test' with 'check ips' are consistent with a dependency-confusion beacon that fires unconditionally on install without any user consent or opt-out.
Credit: OpenSSF (source)
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Source: amazon-inspector (6b0841cccc5aa4961351a4cf991d7744a1d7acc4da3824321fed50e1e7b8657d)
dcfarguscert@999.0.1 registers both preinstall and postinstall lifecycle scripts that invoke src/telemetry.js. On install, telemetry.js collects host identifiers (os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, OS release, process.platform, process.arch, Node version, CI flag) and the output of
npm ls -g --depth=0 --json(the installer's globally installed npm package inventory), then POSTs the aggregated payload over plain HTTP to the hardcoded endpoint http://16-171-38-148.sslip.io:8080/api/install (bare IP 16.171.38.148 encoded via sslip.io). The version number 999.0.1 and the package description referencing a 'dependency test' with 'check ips' are consistent with a dependency-confusion beacon that fires unconditionally on install without any user consent or opt-out.Credit: OpenSSF (source)
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