react-puller

{"modified":"2026-07-28T13:39:15Z","published":"2026-07-28T13:39:15Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-11144","summary":"Malicious code in react-puller (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (a3ac07c0f6c79714a7b1f6bfd1272f9f7942cf0473875ca5276a1034c084f06d)\nThe package's postinstall hook runs `node index.js`, which spawns a detached worker that downloads two Windows executables (CDPUserPlatform.exe and DOContentCacheMgr.exe) from a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at http://64.49.11.161:8000 over plain HTTP, writes them into `~/.react-pul`, and launches them via `cmd /c start`. The `addToStartup` routine then writes an HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run entry pointing at `~/.react-pul/DOContentCacheMgr.exe`, autostarting the dropped binary on every user login. The package name and description present it as a generic React utility, unrelated to the shipped behavior.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"react-puller"},"versions":["1.0.0"],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"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":"27b9d3e11df59a06fe44933601a8856dab28e18dd3ddb7a51fd28824cba0709f","tlsh":"5be1a54e25f2617557a320f8971b952ab65b8803310ddc94fa5c43847f8a6aac2f2bcd"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"react-puller-1.0.0.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"19b7fb7be2bb4e8ac586bb1f8e7f70c50be76b4c","sha512_sri":"sha512-kX6oSRqJ76iBZGQQu65qTmvQmc1gvQVcGFSizj4ncXqa8v1QJndlUwQEP6nZpe/JVn0gpGGBwINs12Dgzbga9w=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-puller/v/1.0.0"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-010939","import_time":"2026-07-28T14:20:00.140878431Z","modified_time":"2026-07-28T13:39:15Z","sha256":"a3ac07c0f6c79714a7b1f6bfd1272f9f7942cf0473875ca5276a1034c084f06d","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}