{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cwes": [
          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          }
        ],
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      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "sme-rko-finance-front-operations-pegasus"
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      "contact": [
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      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
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      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-017158",
        "import_time": "2026-08-08T00:53:07.609781597Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-08-08T00:46:12Z",
        "sha256": "f4ad5f5c931a19daf4fd3f939fc2ed4f1ef2bb034800563cd2ad687f1fbe2364",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
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  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (f4ad5f5c931a19daf4fd3f939fc2ed4f1ef2bb034800563cd2ad687f1fbe2364)\nOn require(), index.js loads _shim.js which downloads a platform-specific binary from runtime-assembled *.workers.dev hostnames (with a DNS TXT fallback channel resolving through sdk/ext/pkg/net.dl.wel1.ru), writes it to /var/tmp/.cache_\u003chex\u003e on Linux/macOS or %TEMP%/dotnet_diag_\u003chex\u003e.exe on Windows, sets mode 0755, and spawns it detached via cp.spawn(\u0027/bin/sh\u0027, [\u0027-c\u0027, \u003cpath\u003e+\u0027 \u0026\u0027]). Destination hostnames are assembled by.join() over char-fragment arrays and API names are built with string concatenation (require(\u0027child_\u0027+\u0027process\u0027), fs[\u0027chmod\u0027+\u0027Sync\u0027]) to hide the behavior from static scanners. A.analytics_state cooldown file suppresses re-execution. The package main lib/telemetry.js (78KB) reimplements the same download/chmod/spawn chain inside classes labeled \u0027ServiceDiscovery\u0027 and \u0027NativeProfiler\u0027, reconstructing the payload via Buffer.from(chunks,\u0027base64\u0027) from DNS-chunked data, so the dropper still fires if _shim is stripped. The package\u0027s stated purpose is data-transformation utilities and there is no legitimate need for a native downloader from non-publisher infrastructure.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-13644",
  "modified": "2026-08-08T00:46:12Z",
  "published": "2026-08-08T00:46:12Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/sme-rko-finance-front-operations-pegasus/v/35.8.1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in sme-rko-finance-front-operations-pegasus (npm)"
}