@gfe/lx-watcher

{"modified":"2026-08-21T14:49:31Z","published":"2026-08-21T14:29:13Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-14353","summary":"Malicious code in @gfe/lx-watcher (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (22abe9bf1ccb266833585bda205a07bc5c9a728763a733aa48b08fe50b640b4e)\nAll three npm lifecycle hooks (preinstall, install, postinstall) invoke install.js, which POSTs the installer's hostname, OS username, current working directory, timestamp, and hook name to a hardcoded webhook.site collector at https://webhook.site/df384ffa-1094-4bbf-a202-e8b345b3ed18/gfe. The exfiltration fires automatically on `npm install` with no caller consent and no configuration. The package's `main` is a no-op `createWatcher` stub, so a build that resolves this scoped name silently succeeds while host identifiers are leaked. The scoped `@gfe/*` name combined with the no-op stub and the install-time beacon is the canonical dependency-confusion shape: any organization whose private `@gfe/lx-watcher` resolves against the public registry leaks host, username, and install-path metadata to the author-controlled collector.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"@gfe/lx-watcher"},"versions":["1.5.3","1.5.4"],"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":"install.js","sha256":"5ced5f036a08673dafdc74116a393bdc12de7d9af5308adf0f07859e59e830fb","tlsh":"732175b1c1b5cc513be1a7f0f052490b52b6e323764aa8a0f3ec02192f9c95e02b2989"},{"path":"README.md","sha256":"05a959b5add7f63f428a359aa0993592672cb6b327b6467cc6c33d5bfe2d12b3","tlsh":"2001233c4005e62a3b645760db0bd10000d6c52c913ac5a6d65d6ac60398926b2239e6"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"lx-watcher-1.5.3.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"1d6e40e1c2b527f5b7346dc8a09ae72471e674cc","sha512_sri":"sha512-je2I2rmDrV1xkhUGKGGA12Yg/KRcKi8GmwSwOyU4DLfJEpVYat+2geFvfyia0RAyfpjhhhx0s+FrkJudmysoAw=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/@gfe/lx-watcher/v/1.5.3"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/@gfe/lx-watcher/v/1.5.4"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-018507","import_time":"2026-08-21T14:47:43.844193878Z","modified_time":"2026-08-21T14:29:13Z","sha256":"1635894d4aed4d98b67666bfe1f849af2884d5c455203d122abe866154a1063b","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.5.3"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-018508","import_time":"2026-08-21T14:47:43.971537029Z","modified_time":"2026-08-21T14:29:24Z","sha256":"22abe9bf1ccb266833585bda205a07bc5c9a728763a733aa48b08fe50b640b4e","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.5.4"]}]}}