MAL-2025-49410 Malicious code in frontend-vue-next (npm)
Malicious package
Published
MAL-2025-49410 is a malicious package: frontend-vue-next (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.
Task:
1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.
2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.
3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.
4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-49410/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2025-49410/index.md)
- 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.