LWA-2026-12245 MAL-2025-889 ↗ confirmed malware

x509-escaping@1.0.1

Malicious code in x509-escaping (npm)

T1059.007 · JavaScriptT1082 · System Information DiscoveryT1071.001 · Web ProtocolsT1041 · Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

Analysis

The package's preinstall hook runs index.js, which collects system information from the install host — hostname, username, home directory, DNS servers, the package.json, and the full contents of /etc/passwd and /etc/hosts — and POSTs it as JSON to a Burp Collaborator endpoint at agumuj6lhw9yqopq6npl1nlgu70yorcg[.]oastify[.]com:443. The data is exfiltrated at install time before any legitimate functionality runs.

analyzed by
Leitwacht
first seen
Sep 18, 2026, 04:40 PM
analyzed
Sep 18, 2026, 04:42 PM

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