@greenlake/auth@0.0.0-stage
Temporary package placeholder for staged publishing
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 6d ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-18316 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-18316
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in @greenlake/auth (npm)
Details
@greenlake/auth is a dependency-confusion package: it is described as a "Compatibility shim", uses inflated version numbers, and its README calls it an "authorized dependency-confusion test". Each listed version (3.0.0) has a postinstall script that runs `node beacon.cjs` on npm install, and index.js calls the same code when the package is imported; it POSTs the hostname, install path and current working directory over plain HTTP to `http://185.158.107.175:8787/_ah/dc`, and index.js exports a Proxy that returns no-op functions so builds importing the real package keep running. The npm account wiseke published 14 such packages under the @greenlake, @sxm-web, @drone-js-ext and @ppa-web-components scopes between 2026-10-23 21:23 and 2026-10-25 14:28 UTC; index.js is byte-identical to that of ph-common (MAL-2026-1809), which sends to the same endpoint.
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## Source: amazon-inspector (d51386d7bf7b3357a9ea920b99fa08f3c2d37532e877f33a5d8d0a78c12702b5) The package declares `postinstall: node beacon.cjs` and additionally fires the same beacon from `index.js` on require(). The beacon POSTs a JSON payload containing `os.hostname()`, `__dirname` (install path), `process.cwd()`, and the Node version to the hardcoded plain-HTTP bare-IP endpoint `http://185.158.107.175:8787/_ah/dc`, which is unrelated to any `@greenlake` publisher infrastructure. The package otherwise ships no functional code: `index.js` self-describes as a 'Compatibility shim' and exports a Proxy whose `get` trap returns a no-op for every property access. The shape — a `@scope/<name>` no-op shim whose only behavior is identifying the installing host to an attacker-controlled IP on `npm install` — matches the dependency-confusion probe pattern, where a public package is published under an internal scope name to map which corporate installers resolve to the public registry.
## Source: ghsa-malware (e39ad6eeb6fd18f5aeff7b616ce8bfeb8f75d50f2ac28bca24a594dfa83b1510) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Independent LPM AI assessment
CleanIndependent AI assessment: clean. LPM AI assessed this version as clean; the assessments disagree.
The package contains only placeholder metadata and documentation, with no scripts, entry points, or executable source. The available content is consistent with a temporary staged-publishing placeholder.
Static reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
Trigger
No executable entry point or lifecycle script is declared.
Impact
No malicious impact was identified.
Mechanism
The snapshot contains only placeholder metadata and a README; no network, credential, or file-modifying behavior was present to inspect.
AI rationale
The package contains only placeholder metadata and documentation, with no scripts, entry points, or executable source. The available content is consistent with a temporary staged-publishing placeholder.
Independent scan evidence
public snapshotAI called this Clean at 98.0% confidence as Benign with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for AI clean decision
- package.json marks this as a stub and describes it as a temporary publishing placeholder; it declares no scripts or executable entry points.
- README.md describes the version as a temporary placeholder awaiting a staged release.
- The package snapshot contains only package.json and README.md; no executable source or credential-handling code was present.
Evidence against
Behavioral surface
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
2 flaggedpackage.jsonView file
1{
"name": "@greenlake/auth",
"version": "0.0.0-stage",
"stub": true,
"description": "Temporary package placeholder for staged publishing"
}
High
Ai Review Evidence
package.json marks this as a stub and describes it as a temporary publishing placeholder; it declares no scripts or executable entry points.
package.jsonView on unpkg · L1README.mdView file
1# Temporary Holding Version
This version is a temporary placeholder for this package. An operational version to replace this has been submitted for review and is awaiting a staged release.
High
Ai Review Evidence
README.md describes the version as a temporary placeholder awaiting a staged release.
README.mdView on unpkg · L1Findings
2 High1 Low
HighAi Review Evidencepackage.json
HighAi Review EvidenceREADME.md
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @greenlake/auth@0.0.0-stage.
See all versions of @greenlake/auth for other recorded verdicts.
- Avoid installing @greenlake/auth@0.0.0-stage. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
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