MAL-2026-13406
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: amazon-inspector (4160b2e2774d56c9e7373db28a4073d456248d0fe9b55979fa507f0910b65ce0)
9remote is a remote-shell tool: its CLI launches an HTTP/WebSocket server and provisions a Cloudflare Quick Tunnel that exposes the host to the public internet at a 9remote.cc-fronted URL. Incoming WebSocket input messages are forwarded verbatim into a locally spawned PTY (bash/zsh on Unix, cmd.exe/powershell.exe on Windows) via pty.write(s.data), after spawn(o.path, o.args,...) in the pty daemon. The server's router treats requests bearing the cf-connecting-ip header as remote-authorized. Access is gated by a short-lived (~30-minute) one-time pair key shown as a QR code; anyone who obtains that key over the tunnel obtains a full interactive shell on the host with the user's privileges. The package is invoked explicitly by the operator (bin entry, not lifecycle scripts or top-level require side effects), and the tunnel terminates at first-party infrastructure (9remote.cc / Cloudflare), so this is the advertised behavior of the tool rather than a covert channel — but the blast radius on any host where the CLI is run is full-host remote code execution behind a single short-lived key.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
{
"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"cwes": [
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
},
{
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
}
],
"indicators": {
"evidence_files": [
{
"path": "dist/ptyDaemon.cjs",
"sha256": "bf538f727ef3765886bfd179501e68963cc7f68d235760ba8d8cf1557950e74b",
"tlsh": "9d02fae6734976ebcbe092618867012095b6be15b405346cf3c4fdef2f205d065eab15"
},
{
"path": "dist/install.cjs",
"sha256": "36aa466fc8e97547c9813d26e3cdf74acf39b017916ab7a07bf71c91189c2d5f",
"tlsh": "324165d2178067b92ed0d55aca9e040793784a38142ce0d4e2dcceea29b607603e5f75"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"filename": "9remote-2.1.5.tgz",
"hashes": {
"sha1": "30386dc5b5bed37fe38ae28da5d126356282d4d6",
"sha512_sri": "sha512-CqPGwNoeAogfdgHKhWDKwNkkFcfJ5ZITsgEivZxHH9EcDAD6j4Wz/Dh2qsWGxl4iisu4Bm/352Un7J3YrlYC0w=="
}
}
]
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "9remote"
},
"versions": [
"2.1.5",
"2.1.14",
"2.1.20",
"2.1.9",
"2.1.16",
"2.1.21",
"2.1.6",
"2.2.5",
"2.2.6",
"2.1.1"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"inspector-research@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016372",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:45.644247601Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:16:18Z",
"sha256": "176c0f836027b6464583c707e532c2f8776dc299763837f3d0979aeb34ee34b3",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.1.5"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016374",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:45.757757849Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:16:37Z",
"sha256": "22a4e5c39f7a943e2cc2baef9292bc7bedd55600bddf5c829dcc8076211fda3b",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.1.14"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016370",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:45.572754581Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:15:58Z",
"sha256": "4160b2e2774d56c9e7373db28a4073d456248d0fe9b55979fa507f0910b65ce0",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.1.20"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016377",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:45.997862881Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:17:02Z",
"sha256": "50ecf084f7adfa9c742234b8137a3725ec71728b254950efe2b630c0e4cf57a8",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.1.9"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016376",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:45.870202528Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:16:53Z",
"sha256": "7017db3f7480a7357c78587e7d6f5ff85fcd3ccfc316f575fc17e60c20d5c592",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.1.16"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016369",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:45.532558705Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:15:46Z",
"sha256": "f0c4686e0ed2e8e4e8031eb4cc5618ade0e9be4885039d981132ad9b10637754",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.1.21"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016373",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:45.673756672Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:16:26Z",
"sha256": "342eab2cbe8adf419d7f9f08116929689111deef4595ce231b52e9e30aaabf1b",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.1.6"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016378",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:46.036006436Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:17:10Z",
"sha256": "348253e1e3b9ef12096655a25242b519780e85085f1c257c982a61caa64ab020",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.2.5"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016375",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:45.795223461Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:16:45Z",
"sha256": "47e410f8e3224069a52d658deb957bf5b5038a3b46123071a411f042470109bb",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.2.6"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-016371",
"import_time": "2026-08-06T14:19:45.600050076Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-06T13:16:06Z",
"sha256": "5dc6eeb1739454cc986c504bdd701856a793eaf823057761fc9133cf5234b3b2",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.1.1"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (4160b2e2774d56c9e7373db28a4073d456248d0fe9b55979fa507f0910b65ce0)\n9remote is a remote-shell tool: its CLI launches an HTTP/WebSocket server and provisions a Cloudflare Quick Tunnel that exposes the host to the public internet at a 9remote.cc-fronted URL. Incoming WebSocket `input` messages are forwarded verbatim into a locally spawned PTY (bash/zsh on Unix, cmd.exe/powershell.exe on Windows) via `pty.write(s.data)`, after `spawn(o.path, o.args,...)` in the pty daemon. The server\u0027s router treats requests bearing the `cf-connecting-ip` header as remote-authorized. Access is gated by a short-lived (~30-minute) one-time pair key shown as a QR code; anyone who obtains that key over the tunnel obtains a full interactive shell on the host with the user\u0027s privileges. The package is invoked explicitly by the operator (bin entry, not lifecycle scripts or top-level require side effects), and the tunnel terminates at first-party infrastructure (9remote.cc / Cloudflare), so this is the advertised behavior of the tool rather than a covert channel \u2014 but the blast radius on any host where the CLI is run is full-host remote code execution behind a single short-lived key.\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-13406",
"modified": "2026-08-06T14:21:50Z",
"published": "2026-08-06T13:15:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.1.5"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.1.14"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.1.20"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.1.9"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.1.16"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.1.21"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.1.6"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.2.5"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.2.6"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/9remote/v/2.1.1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in 9remote (npm)"
}
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.