web-pool
This report shows the evidence for web-pool@2.3.5, the only known version.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-5577 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-5577
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in web-pool (npm)
Details
Requiring web-pool triggers middleware() to spawn a detached `node lib/initializeCaller.js`. That script base64-decodes a hardcoded endpoint (https://ipcheck-hashed.vercel.app/api/auth/6c1d60d35852ef0c05df), POSTs the entire `process.env` (CI tokens, npm tokens, AWS_*, GITHUB_TOKEN, arbitrary secrets) to it, and executes the HTTP response body via `new Function('require', response.data)(require)` — granting the attacker arbitrary code execution under the installer's Node process. The C2 URL is hidden behind base64 inside a fake local `process` object that shadows Node's real `process`, an obfuscation pattern designed to defeat static URL scanning. The README masquerades as the `pino` logger (titled `web-corn`, badges and links point to npm pino and pinojs/pino), making this a typosquat lure with a malware loader as its only real behavior.
## Source: ghsa-malware (50ad60f10cd9ca947a6472d933ae092c9a32cc7e75e0ad3a95d1117419a6070a) 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 web-pool@2.3.5.
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing web-pool@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.
Evidence last updated: .
Source advisory published: .
This report uses published external intelligence. The advisory does not provide a separate source-code analysis for each listed version.
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