MAL-2026-17546
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: amazon-inspector (391a9a163273e36e3945f918ea720b8e10aa462b0aa603d4012b28c557c58570)
The package is advertised as an ARIA accessibility helper but ships thunderboltRegistry.js, which executes a top-level IIFE on module load. The IIFE runs shell reconnaissance commands via child_process.execSync (whoami, id, pwd, ifconfig/ip addr, cat /etc/hosts, hostname) and sends their output, together with a beacon containing Node version, process.platform, and PID, via HTTP GET requests to the hardcoded endpoint http://dxpoc.gt.tc/callback.php/ef9ea0e191006f3cc6670720c99c26f3. The package also exports factories under names matching internal Wix thunderbolt registry entry points (thunderboltRegistry, siteAssetsRegistry, editorRegistry, corvidRegistry, etc.) and includes a registry-manifest.min.json mapping those names to parastorage.com unpkg URLs, so that a build pipeline resolving any of those registry names to this package triggers the recon-exfiltration side effect on import. Neither the reconnaissance behavior nor the dxpoc.gt.tc destination is related to the package's advertised accessibility purpose.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
{
"affected": [
{
"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": "thunderboltRegistry.js",
"sha256": "c5823a5b4efa046453d6cc532602f7dd9efa1c7a35fc5585cfcab17bcef75cbd",
"tlsh": "4f7143a5b99df02196c37438cf7f904ea4bb86672c2caee4744859b01f3945c01ba5f4"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"filename": "aria-live-region-helper-1.0.0.tgz",
"hashes": {
"sha1": "9f3f7368c542eb55fbc0febc99ab929045575198",
"sha512_sri": "sha512-Pf8LW3EPyNs+i6jwfgbCFNAxZXFAoJ4cV2zsctl34sg32M5sfZjWDWRWiu0wh7um5QoUqjWvwKLBamLNig7kjg=="
}
}
]
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "aria-live-region-helper"
},
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"inspector-research@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-021027",
"import_time": "2026-10-05T03:57:39.82777631Z",
"modified_time": "2026-10-05T03:37:41Z",
"sha256": "391a9a163273e36e3945f918ea720b8e10aa462b0aa603d4012b28c557c58570",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (391a9a163273e36e3945f918ea720b8e10aa462b0aa603d4012b28c557c58570)\nThe package is advertised as an ARIA accessibility helper but ships thunderboltRegistry.js, which executes a top-level IIFE on module load. The IIFE runs shell reconnaissance commands via child_process.execSync (whoami, id, pwd, ifconfig/ip addr, cat /etc/hosts, hostname) and sends their output, together with a beacon containing Node version, process.platform, and PID, via HTTP GET requests to the hardcoded endpoint http://dxpoc.gt.tc/callback.php/ef9ea0e191006f3cc6670720c99c26f3. The package also exports factories under names matching internal Wix thunderbolt registry entry points (thunderboltRegistry, siteAssetsRegistry, editorRegistry, corvidRegistry, etc.) and includes a registry-manifest.min.json mapping those names to parastorage.com unpkg URLs, so that a build pipeline resolving any of those registry names to this package triggers the recon-exfiltration side effect on import. Neither the reconnaissance behavior nor the dxpoc.gt.tc destination is related to the package\u0027s advertised accessibility purpose.\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-17546",
"modified": "2026-10-05T03:37:41Z",
"published": "2026-10-05T03:37:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/aria-live-region-helper/v/1.0.0"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in aria-live-region-helper (npm)"
}
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