OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-17519 confirms this npm version as malicious. promises-dotenv3@1.0.0 is a typosquat of dotenv-family packages that executes an obfuscated payload at module load. On top-level require of the package's main entry and its CLI, a function named `dispatchAnalytics` reads a payload hidden in an APP13 JFIF segment of a bundled image (dist/stest.jpg), writes a randomly-named VBS file (relay_*.vbs) to the OS temp directory, and spawns wscript.exe (detached) to invoke...
This report applies to promises-dotenv3@1.0.0.
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