grafeno-payments

{"modified":"2026-08-29T23:10:48Z","published":"2026-08-29T23:10:48Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-15572","summary":"Malicious code in grafeno-payments (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (7af58da84956e51749cbb96923f12264cfdee76456b5010b526599b7da2c0caa)\nOn `npm install`, package.json's preinstall hook (`node preinstall.js || true`) auto-runs a script that (1) enumerates process.env for keys matching AWS|TOKEN|KEY|SECRET|PASS|API, concatenates them with the machine's hostname and username, base64-encodes the blob, and exfiltrates it via `curl` GET to http://216.126.236.46/r.php over plain HTTP; and (2) on non-Windows hosts invokes `bash -i` with a /dev/tcp redirection to 216.126.236.46:4444, giving the remote endpoint an interactive shell on the installer's machine. The `|| true` suffix suppresses errors so `npm install` reports success while the payload runs. The package's stated payments purpose is a cover story; the shipped preinstall behavior is credential theft plus full-host remote code execution against the installer.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"grafeno-payments"},"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":"preinstall.js","sha256":"2bbcdb11d71c22735ff4abe1b11071da1af5401f90567017ad105eb8ca202f0d","tlsh":"80f062f521ad71b0982289c0e2d7c477b2fbd2123520fad0dad800eb4e9325009f30ee"},{"path":"package.json","sha256":"5c17ba4c831870d79ef7322757d26484d4d453366fbe31c932042e24d88d15ef","tlsh":"4ac08c749c02f1b324c407e229b3c50363e68e1eb014a8188f83206281fabb784fb70e"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"grafeno-payments-1.0.0.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"fad37f9c7e9b0cfed6afd987b82094e3efd8aa10","sha512_sri":"sha512-RFhlG9IMQGNP1S/ywZc2Ad0IRdTp1Wvyh8R5L+yLBmyD6XsvaRtr17vETkTlHTofPznzzSSmveZnvpAv8lyXtQ=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/grafeno-payments/v/1.0.0"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-019150","import_time":"2026-08-29T23:14:43.668745253Z","modified_time":"2026-08-29T23:10:48Z","sha256":"7af58da84956e51749cbb96923f12264cfdee76456b5010b526599b7da2c0caa","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.0"]}]}}