LWA-2026-11409 confirmed malware

fast-glob-fast@8.0.0

Malicious code in fast-glob-fast (npm)

T1059.007 · JavaScriptT1098.004 · SSH Authorized KeysT1082 · System Information DiscoveryT1041 · Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

Analysis

The package's postinstall hook (scripts/postinstall-test.mjs) runs on install and plants a persistent SSH backdoor. It fingerprints the host (username, hostname, MAC address, platform, architecture) and appends a hardcoded attacker-controlled ssh-ed25519 public key (key comment "dkhrustalev") to the user's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on macOS, Linux, and Windows, granting the attacker remote SSH access to the machine. If the FAST_GLOB_FAST_EVENT_URL environment variable is set, it additionally POSTs the collected system information and a UUID to that URL. The package name is a combosquat of the legitimate fast-glob library.

analyzed by
Leitwacht
first seen
Aug 18, 2026, 08:34 AM
analyzed
Aug 18, 2026, 08:34 AM

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Independently detected by the Leitwacht supply-chain probe. IOCs are defanged. Published CC0. Think this is a mistake? See the dispute policy.