MAL-2026-6311
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
@thymelab/logfx (malicious version 2.15.5, published by thymelab-v0et8w@wshu.net) is a trojanized npm package belonging to the wshu.net credential-stealer campaign. The campaign published trojanized look-alike utility packages across 12+ scopes whose publisher accounts all follow the pattern -<6 random chars>@wshu.net, with every scope created on June 4, 2026 in a ~40-minute burst. This package masquerades as a logger and ships real, working utility code so it passes a glance, while bundling a much larger malicious payload at dist/bootstrap.js. package.json declares a postinstall hook ("node dist/bootstrap.js") that runs the payload automatically on npm install. The payload is heavily obfuscated with javascript-obfuscator (hex-named identifiers, a while (!![]) array-rotation IIFE, base64+RC4 string decoding, control-flow flattening, and runtime-decrypted module resolution to stay out of the static module graph). At runtime it is a Chromium browser credential stealer: it reads Chromium Cookies and Login Data and decrypts saved passwords protected by AES-256-GCM (the v10/v11 app-bound key schemes), then exfiltrates them over HTTPS using a spoofed Mozilla/5.0 user agent. Malicious payload dist/bootstrap.js SHA-256: 4e927f22ad04f4ac9b487ae11412fc2a55210188789ac29f3a47ad77931907a5.
-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-
Source: amazon-inspector (edce595ab99f7bcc5404f8c1222a1d8f5a7cbbb1fc6cd6e02aabddaf19526839)
@thymelab/logfx@2.15.5 ships a postinstall hook (postinstall: node dist/bootstrap.js) that runs a 282KB obfuscator.io-packed script on every npm install. The decoded control flow performs HTTPS GETs to a runtime-decrypted URL, AES-256-GCM-decrypts the response using an embedded key, sha256-verifies, stages files into os.tmpdir(), chmod's them, and re-spawns them via process.execPath using child_process.spawn with detached/unref'd handles. The script disables itself when --inspect/--debug are present (anti-analysis). The destination URL and decryption key are not pinned plaintext — they are decrypted at runtime, giving the publisher a mutable, attacker-controlled execution channel into every installer. Independently, dist/logfx.js is a near-verbatim copy of the unjs/consola logger and package.json.repository/bugs.url falsely point to github.com/unjs/consola, impersonating that project; an appended IIFE wraps the exported withTag API to call require('./bootstrap').runPrepare(), so the dropper also detonates when a consumer simply imports the package and uses its documented API. The combination of opaque obfuscation, runtime-decrypted remote URL, tmpdir staging with execPath respawn, anti-debug guard, and import-time trigger is a hostile install-time dropper, not a logging utility.
- 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.
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"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
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"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
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"path": "dist/logfx.js",
"sha256": "b63d62c1d0b3f41df091d52eae6a7c65a63f7cb4940eae4ace793e2cae102d05",
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"path": "dist/bootstrap.js",
"sha256": "4e927f22ad04f4ac9b487ae11412fc2a55210188789ac29f3a47ad77931907a5",
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"filename": "logfx-2.15.3.tgz",
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"sha1": "2432c545f4ce770bdaaa9d51d2f8798d9506c7e7",
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}
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"2.15.3",
"2.15.6",
"2.15.5",
"2.15.4"
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}
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"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"inspector-research@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
},
{
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"https://safedep.io"
],
"name": "SafeDep",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-007289",
"import_time": "2026-06-23T16:54:15.109954193Z",
"modified_time": "2026-06-23T16:22:33Z",
"sha256": "3c57907e48ed3dede63346844e2df299a60821c677e0b1821fdbdd2ac2702e7e",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.15.3"
]
},
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-007296",
"import_time": "2026-06-23T16:54:15.750093021Z",
"modified_time": "2026-06-23T16:22:40Z",
"sha256": "d217a8cca41219fe27785abb745c50575b1d0de4203060c6ca533adf19316ce5",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.15.6"
]
},
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"id": "IN-MAL-2026-007290",
"import_time": "2026-06-23T16:54:15.159513532Z",
"modified_time": "2026-06-23T16:22:34Z",
"sha256": "edce595ab99f7bcc5404f8c1222a1d8f5a7cbbb1fc6cd6e02aabddaf19526839",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.15.5"
]
},
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"id": "IN-MAL-2026-007291",
"import_time": "2026-06-23T16:54:15.244626966Z",
"modified_time": "2026-06-23T16:22:35Z",
"sha256": "6f08decce4aef5ebdd1c8e3dd2e68574440b1a0d1d4917e9ab1a893cd7c9ef35",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"2.15.4"
]
}
]
},
"details": "@thymelab/logfx (malicious version 2.15.5, published by thymelab-v0et8w@wshu.net) is a trojanized npm package belonging to the wshu.net credential-stealer campaign. The campaign published trojanized look-alike utility packages across 12+ scopes whose publisher accounts all follow the pattern \u003cscope\u003e-\u003c6 random chars\u003e@wshu.net, with every scope created on June 4, 2026 in a ~40-minute burst. This package masquerades as a logger and ships real, working utility code so it passes a glance, while bundling a much larger malicious payload at dist/bootstrap.js. package.json declares a postinstall hook (\"node dist/bootstrap.js\") that runs the payload automatically on npm install. The payload is heavily obfuscated with javascript-obfuscator (hex-named identifiers, a while (!![]) array-rotation IIFE, base64+RC4 string decoding, control-flow flattening, and runtime-decrypted module resolution to stay out of the static module graph). At runtime it is a Chromium browser credential stealer: it reads Chromium Cookies and Login Data and decrypts saved passwords protected by AES-256-GCM (the v10/v11 app-bound key schemes), then exfiltrates them over HTTPS using a spoofed Mozilla/5.0 user agent. Malicious payload dist/bootstrap.js SHA-256: 4e927f22ad04f4ac9b487ae11412fc2a55210188789ac29f3a47ad77931907a5.\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (edce595ab99f7bcc5404f8c1222a1d8f5a7cbbb1fc6cd6e02aabddaf19526839)\n@thymelab/logfx@2.15.5 ships a postinstall hook (`postinstall: node dist/bootstrap.js`) that runs a 282KB obfuscator.io-packed script on every `npm install`. The decoded control flow performs HTTPS GETs to a runtime-decrypted URL, AES-256-GCM-decrypts the response using an embedded key, sha256-verifies, stages files into `os.tmpdir()`, chmod\u0027s them, and re-spawns them via `process.execPath` using `child_process.spawn` with detached/unref\u0027d handles. The script disables itself when `--inspect`/`--debug` are present (anti-analysis). The destination URL and decryption key are not pinned plaintext \u2014 they are decrypted at runtime, giving the publisher a mutable, attacker-controlled execution channel into every installer. Independently, `dist/logfx.js` is a near-verbatim copy of the `unjs/consola` logger and `package.json.repository`/`bugs.url` falsely point to `github.com/unjs/consola`, impersonating that project; an appended IIFE wraps the exported `withTag` API to call `require(\u0027./bootstrap\u0027).runPrepare()`, so the dropper also detonates when a consumer simply imports the package and uses its documented API. The combination of opaque obfuscation, runtime-decrypted remote URL, tmpdir staging with execPath respawn, anti-debug guard, and import-time trigger is a hostile install-time dropper, not a logging utility.\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-6311",
"modified": "2026-06-23T19:34:37Z",
"published": "2026-06-22T12:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@thymelab/logfx/v/2.15.3"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@thymelab/logfx/v/2.15.6"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@thymelab/logfx/v/2.15.5"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@thymelab/logfx/v/2.15.4"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://safedep.io/wshu-net-npm-credential-stealer-campaign/"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@thymelab/logfx"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in @thymelab/logfx (npm)"
}
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- 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.