lodhash-cli

{"modified":"2026-08-19T00:00:48Z","published":"2026-08-19T00:00:48Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-14183","summary":"Malicious code in lodhash-cli (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (73ad64f6c3a93b504c64c10175e325463652fafd741c36cfad433bed93f24cc8)\nlodhash-cli is a lodash-typosquat whose main entry (index.js) exports an empty object; the package's only behavior is a postinstall dropper. scripts/postinstall.js XOR-decodes (key 'stf2026') a URL pointing at github.com/bebraz1/qPzM50V1AKG0rVlH/releases/.../main.exe, downloads the binary to %TEMP%\\main.exe, and spawns it detached with windowsHide. When running under WSL (detected via /proc/version, /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease, WSL_DISTRO_NAME), it XOR-decodes a powershell.exe command line and executes it via child_process.exec to run the same fetched binary on the Windows host from inside the Linux subsystem. In parallel, the script POSTs a platform label to http://193.70.34.101:20099/vote (host assembled by joining ['193','70','34','101'] to evade literal-string detection), a plain-HTTP install-success beacon. URLs and shell commands are stored as XOR-encoded byte arrays and reconstructed at runtime; no hash or signature verification is performed on the fetched executable. The download source is a personal GitHub account unrelated to any lodash publisher, and the package advertises no functionality other than the dropper.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"lodhash-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":"51c58211d2a376c585db01d41550334698911b475d9820510917042a6fcde064","tlsh":"c4d13fca1ef59035874bf96884cf9d13b2a6c207320e4a65ff8f42107f5793c85a69e9"},{"path":"index.js","sha256":"ac13991093efce1485ecbfa7fa9fa75895e04161fd015d3699fbd07179e829ec"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"lodhash-cli-1.0.0.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"70e7a3d7ed0786f1a05adb9d1437fbc276c9c817","sha512_sri":"sha512-xBze2uClzdu80Z6ijc3kjHI8mYwiot+BINlSJ0vMvkGJMsdnMkzbegAob8ZF+5zDIQwApTMwHrXA9/4VriQvUg=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/lodhash-cli/v/1.0.0"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-018261","import_time":"2026-08-19T00:21:14.330247833Z","modified_time":"2026-08-19T00:00:48Z","sha256":"73ad64f6c3a93b504c64c10175e325463652fafd741c36cfad433bed93f24cc8","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}