payoutsvettingserv-paypal

{"schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-11058","published":"2026-07-25T09:24:19Z","modified":"2026-08-05T07:08:54.786285289Z","aliases":["GHSA-q284-v87w-8w6f"],"summary":"Malicious code in payoutsvettingserv-paypal (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (27087d7e447aae7f5009468024ead0904a706c36775c9a132b43bbcd47d3993c)\npayoutsvettingserv-paypal@28.0.0 declares `preinstall: node index.js` in package.json, causing index.js to run automatically on `npm install`. The script collects host identifiers via `os.hostname()`, `os.platform()`, `os.arch()`, `os.homedir()`, and DNS server info, then POSTs them as JSON to a hardcoded Burp Collaborator subdomain at `2y1pgajb8aa05uiq8g9ghu99e0ks8twi.oastify.com/hit` over HTTPS. The package name mimics an internal PayPal-style service, consistent with a dependency-confusion reconnaissance payload targeting build systems that mis-resolve an internal name to the public npm registry.\n\n## Source: ghsa-malware (32d630492188c1db46669f68ec67e108a452a185dceb46b7fd0cb3bc939e865b)\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (bee149f4aad8882e82f7d89d3e06f538f2d844da10e2d030eeb7d78a795e3fec)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'payoutsvettingserv-paypal' @ 28.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"payoutsvettingserv-paypal","ecosystem":"npm"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["28.0.0","24.0.0"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"},{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"},{"cweId":"CWE-506","description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"index.js","sha256":"822e4aeb40b628e283e31bd192b149708bde7d207a42661ef43412daf58f4e3c","tlsh":"caf0e1d0d6f95a7007baa5c0b0e264061323d662740ff4d06fc8032607cdef800b56f4"}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q284-v87w-8w6f"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/payoutsvettingserv-paypal/v/28.0.0"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/payoutsvettingserv-paypal/v/24.0.0"}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-07-25T09:38:33.869681461Z","modified_time":"2026-07-25T09:24:19Z","sha256":"bee149f4aad8882e82f7d89d3e06f538f2d844da10e2d030eeb7d78a795e3fec","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["28.0.0"]},{"id":"GHSA-q284-v87w-8w6f","import_time":"2026-07-28T02:02:27.864324Z","modified_time":"2026-07-27T16:15:25Z","ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"}],"type":"SEMVER"}],"sha256":"32d630492188c1db46669f68ec67e108a452a185dceb46b7fd0cb3bc939e865b","source":"ghsa-malware"},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-011129","import_time":"2026-08-04T22:30:00.670382386Z","modified_time":"2026-08-04T21:36:40Z","sha256":"27087d7e447aae7f5009468024ead0904a706c36775c9a132b43bbcd47d3993c","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["28.0.0"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-013287","import_time":"2026-08-05T07:06:39.751753909Z","modified_time":"2026-08-05T06:01:26Z","sha256":"35a01ce61b98e45ca9b205e348d36e73a29724600a3beabab6114c8e2e6bc571","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["24.0.0"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}