ambera

{"modified":"2026-08-19T03:51:15Z","published":"2026-08-19T03:36:58Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-14225","summary":"Malicious code in ambera (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (d24544221570c21c3b710d7c4d39ed76e7cc8b43a555bb7c8e6fefa78aa3f625)\nThe package presents itself as a zero-dependency SVG helper, but its exported getPlugin() function performs an HTTPS GET to the hardcoded host https://api.avax-test.dev/ext/bc/rpc with TLS verification disabled (rejectUnauthorized: false) and passes the response body directly to new Function('require', data)(require). Any caller of getPlugin() executes whatever JavaScript the remote host returns, with the Node require function injected — effectively arbitrary remote code execution on the caller's machine. The destination host api.avax-test.dev is a lookalike of the legitimate Avalanche Fuji RPC endpoint api.avax-test.network, and the Avalanche/Snowtrace variable naming is cover-story labeling: the package's stated SVG purpose has no network or blockchain functionality. Combined with the disabled TLS verification, this is a deliberately concealed remote-exec channel embedded in an unrelated utility.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ambera"},"versions":["1.0.0","1.0.1"],"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"}],"indicators":{"evidence_files":[{"path":"index.js","sha256":"02fcf75c346d89343fee0006b7cc4becf09d7876b611b4977e0591a0f324b9af","tlsh":"5741d0a87dfb75150263b0b82487d4053472e027635e8d90badd4d641fac1fc0df6ad8"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"ambera-1.0.0.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"6d3484d0cfa1c10900f076a10357c847d19431c8","sha512_sri":"sha512-m7Qkg9ZV2NUljKYDCqmFSX6mVf+ZavnXjtly8MaL79YDIXhh/TVHpZxSvsBYE+tdu117nFX4meDIXXNxTQkyyQ=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/ambera/v/1.0.0"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/ambera/v/1.0.1"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-018324","import_time":"2026-08-19T03:49:30.277357931Z","modified_time":"2026-08-19T03:36:58Z","sha256":"0a436ba1448ab5bbc5819828e8082b05598893b24f4578c8a37ea3a7ef4c732e","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.0"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-018325","import_time":"2026-08-19T03:49:30.345220673Z","modified_time":"2026-08-19T03:37:09Z","sha256":"d24544221570c21c3b710d7c4d39ed76e7cc8b43a555bb7c8e6fefa78aa3f625","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.1"]}]}}