OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6237 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package declares a postinstall hook ("postinstall": "node install.js") that runs install.js automatically on `npm install`. install.js imports https, fs, os, and child_process and collects host identifiers including os.hostname() and os.userInfo(), uses execSync for additional system enumeration, probes filesystem paths via fs.existsSync, and POSTs the collected data over an outbound https.request...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in atlasora-api (npm)
Details
Package declares a postinstall hook ("postinstall": "node install.js") that runs install.js automatically on `npm install`. install.js imports https, fs, os, and child_process and collects host identifiers including os.hostname() and os.userInfo(), uses execSync for additional system enumeration, probes filesystem paths via fs.existsSync, and POSTs the collected data over an outbound https.request. This is the canonical install-time host-reconnaissance / exfiltration pattern: the package's only effect on installation is to harvest system identity and ship it off-host. There is no documented library functionality justifying the network beacon at install time.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms atlasora-api@1.0.0 as malicious (MAL-2026-6237): Malicious code in atlasora-api (npm)