@dransay/address-validation

{"schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-17668","published":"2026-10-08T08:00:26Z","modified":"2026-10-12T04:38:49.427298668Z","summary":"Malicious code in @dransay/address-validation (npm)","details":"@dransay/address-validation@99.0.0 is a dependency-confusion probe claiming the internal `@dransay/*` namespace, not an identified public package. Its `preinstall` hook runs on npm install as `node beacon.js` and sends a DNS lookup and an HTTPS GET to `db3klhbi6i9hark1kegg174t38h33b6wt.oast.site`, using the package name in the request; npm account `0xamino_hunter` published it on 2026-10-08.\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (189df4f2830e64a9cfbd0bed6ae8357aff16dc5496d83c3e5e4bd9457b536fa7)\n@dransay/address-validation@99.0.0 declares a preinstall script (`node beacon.js`) that fires on `npm install` and performs a DNS lookup plus HTTPS GET to a subdomain of the Interactsh collaborator service `oast.site` with the path `/address-validation`. The implausibly high version number (99.0.0) and the preinstall callback are consistent with a dependency-confusion probe: any environment resolving this name reveals its egress IP and the package name to the operator of the collaborator host. No installer secrets, environment variables, or filesystem contents are read; the beacon transmits only install metadata (source IP, package name, DNS resolver). No code is fetched or executed from the remote host, and no persistence is established.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (82ababa5637b2f53f5087a161eeba1b6ca6ddba6d31ebb7842614bf0da119fa7)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified '@dransay/address-validation' @ 99.0.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","affected":[{"package":{"name":"@dransay/address-validation","ecosystem":"npm"},"versions":["99.0.0"],"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":"beacon.js","sha256":"56ca0c591ea77746ba3e98ce67ebc889aa08cd6cd9780df2ada894e1093de2d0","tlsh":"261132ad4ae42b00b1e9b4a488ce01e94b73d1a8844946c0e1cec3ab5fa347c17674fb"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"address-validation-99.0.0.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"6377b5dbde9b77352830bbf6923966c6fc105b2f","sha512_sri":"sha512-M0+bLPsCYkHSUOBFLBZnT77+1dyGczp6mmLdC6cqd49aTom9pfFrHjNqXqG3Z9Vt3F4tU1qlasXNlFzHQi9Uzw=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/@dransay/address-validation/v/99.0.0"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/@dransay/address-validation"}],"database_specific":{"iocs":{"domains":["db3klhbi6i9hark1kegg174t38h33b6wt.oast.site"],"files":[{"digests":{"sha256":"e5e9b0e8dd91bbe80d834b91ac03561f6e1cb8c83d291aab076f4dd03c9153f7"},"note":"preinstall script: node beacon.js","paths":["package.json"],"source":"PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"},{"digests":{"sha256":"56ca0c591ea77746ba3e98ce67ebc889aa08cd6cd9780df2ada894e1093de2d0"},"note":"Executed by the preinstall script of @dransay/address-validation@99.0.0.","paths":["beacon.js"],"source":"PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"}],"urls":["https://db3klhbi6i9hark1kegg174t38h33b6wt.oast.site/address-validation"]},"malicious-packages-origins":[{"import_time":"2026-10-08T08:52:39.514186189Z","modified_time":"2026-10-08T08:46:02Z","sha256":"82ababa5637b2f53f5087a161eeba1b6ca6ddba6d31ebb7842614bf0da119fa7","source":"ossf-package-analysis","versions":["99.0.0"]},{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-021214","import_time":"2026-10-08T17:17:19.367879884Z","modified_time":"2026-10-08T16:54:22Z","sha256":"189df4f2830e64a9cfbd0bed6ae8357aff16dc5496d83c3e5e4bd9457b536fa7","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["99.0.0"]}]},"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"InvisiRisk, Inc.","contact":["https://www.invisirisk.com","mailto:research@invisirisk.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"],"type":"FINDER"}]}