Malicious code in idlive-face-capture-web-development (npm)

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17894",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Malicious code in idlive-face-capture-web-development (npm)",
    "summary": "idlive-face-capture-web-development@78.8.1 describes itself as a package for getting IP location and metadata. Its preinstall hook runs `node index.js` on npm install and requests `https://realwbx.com/ip.php?ip=8.8.8.8` with the hardcoded Authorization value `a3b620ea8719eae2fa9b62726364bcc9`, which differs from the value in each of the account's other packages. The npm account conx3993 published it on 2026-10-15, one of 9 packages from that account between 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-15 whose preinstall hook calls realwbx.com. --- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (865b0bca2fc5b7c16a7a6cc7b7b1669148b2c5f766cae9a3f43dd78f7427277a) Package declares scripts.preinstall=\"node index.js\", which on npm install unconditionally issues an HTTPS GET to https://realwbx.com/ip.php with a hardcoded Authorization token, revealing the installer's public IP, User-Agent, and install timing to a third-party host unrelated to the package's declared publisher. Package identity is inconsistent in ways typical of a dependency-confusion/typosquat probe: the package name is idlive-face-capture-web-development, the README body is fiji-core-foundation, the description says \"for get the IP location and metadata\", and the author (conx3993) and keywords do not correspond to any legitimate face-capture SDK. Installing this package produces an attacker-controlled callback confirming successful execution on the victim host.",
    "evidence": "osv:MAL-2026-17894",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "idlive-face-capture-web-development",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
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        "fixed_versions": [],
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          {
            "value": "78.8.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/versions"
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    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "MAL-2026-17894"
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            "name": "idlive-face-capture-web-development",
            "purl": "pkg:npm/idlive-face-capture-web-development",
            "ecosystem": "npm"
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                "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."
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            "source": "https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/idlive-face-capture-web-development/MAL-2026-17894.json",
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      "modified": "2026-10-16T07:30:04.760454801Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.npmjs.com/package/idlive-face-capture-web-development",
        "https://www.npmjs.com/package/idlive-face-capture-web-development/v/78.8.1"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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          ],
          "files": [
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              "note": "preinstall script: node index.js",
              "paths": [
                "package.json"
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          {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-021506",
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            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
              "78.8.1"
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            "import_time": "2026-10-16T07:22:52.52447891Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-10-16T06:58:22Z"
          }
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    },
    "related_cves": [],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 338021,
  "published_at": "2026-10-15T12:04:28+00:00"
}