ladash-cli

{"modified":"2026-08-18T23:57:06Z","published":"2026-08-18T23:57:06Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-14178","summary":"Malicious code in ladash-cli (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (8d1b70674c7273e350d033cacec46a4981aebced798342e3b28da3dcd52a34bb)\nladash-cli is a one-character typosquat of lodash-cli whose main entry exports an empty object; the only functional code is scripts/postinstall.js, which runs on npm install. The postinstall XOR-decodes (key 'stf2026') a hidden URL to https://github.com/bebraz1/qPzM50V1AKG0rVlH/releases/download/null/main.exe, downloads it to %TEMP%\\main.exe, and spawns it detached with stdio ignored and windowsHide on win32 hosts, granting the publisher full-host code execution on the installer's machine. A WSL-detection branch inspects /proc/version and /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease for 'microsoft'/'WSL' and, when matched, decodes a PowerShell bridge command from further XOR-encoded byte arrays and exec()s it, delivering the same Windows executable to the underlying host from a Linux-WSL install. The postinstall also unconditionally POSTs a JSON platform label to http://193.70.34.101:20099/vote, using a bare IP assembled from a split string array over plain HTTP as an install beacon. The download URL, PowerShell command, and byte arrays are stored as XOR-encoded data with no hash or signature check, the release tag is 'null', and the GitHub account hosting the binary is unrelated to any lodash publisher.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ladash-cli"},"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":"scripts/postinstall.js","sha256":"4cadbfdde5a1dcb34c92a196c300bc618448942b12224543eb73522749de1c9c","tlsh":"5ad13fca1ef59035874bf96884cf9d13b2a6c207320d4a65ff8f42107f5793c85a69e9"},{"path":"package.json","sha256":"52622e8f692d211c74c0eae2f3f675281fa0c5433afd167895868c76fa7e4a18","tlsh":"dbd012144e319a3338c46ba50a63c209a6714d5f1148f81827e7559883da7b75dfe71e"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"ladash-cli-1.0.0.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"ad374ca8d79a7181e0152b42ad05a8fdfe3e74ec","sha512_sri":"sha512-cCYKPbFmmlXDUpX7TS/rHIYPTRWeWsKK4YJw/Fe3Fj5qGh7ZvpUX/gHrGs1x7MzCZbTXO1cIkPqirJbotPwcbQ=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/ladash-cli/v/1.0.0"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-018236","import_time":"2026-08-19T00:21:11.799835869Z","modified_time":"2026-08-18T23:57:06Z","sha256":"8d1b70674c7273e350d033cacec46a4981aebced798342e3b28da3dcd52a34bb","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}