MAL-2025-49410 Malicious code in frontend-vue-next (npm)

Malicious package Published
Package
frontend-vue-next
Registry
npm

What is MAL-2025-49410?

MAL-2025-49410 is a malicious package in frontend-vue-next, published on 9 Nov 2025.

Official description

package.json declares "preinstall": "node index.js", causing index.js to execute automatically on npm install. The script collects system identity (os.hostname(), os.userInfo() including username/uid/gid/shell, platform, arch, home directory, cwd, cpu/memory info) and executes shell commands whoami and id via child_process, then POSTs the aggregated JSON to a hardcoded URL https://7z7l0xz2ay3chokh48nrncmaz15stih7.oastify.com/testbydext. The destination is a Burp Suite Collaborator out-of-band subdomain — a throwaway, attacker-controlled listener used to capture exfiltrated data. The package metadata is empty (no author, no description, no repository), and the name rides on the Vue/Next.js namespace as a lure. Installing this package on a developer machine or CI runner leaks host and user identity to the attacker without consent.

What should I do about MAL-2025-49410?

Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7492-2cqc-6827.

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