MAL-2026-10773 Malicious code in telemetry-axios (npm)

The package's Control.plugin() entry point calls PluginOptions(), which fetches a binary payload from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThoSuperstarDev/axios-http/main/lib/env/axios-telemetry.json — a personal GitHub repository on a mutable main branch, unrelated to the declared publisher. The response bytes (URL extension is.json, but the content is a Windows PE) are written to %LOCALAPPDATA%/Temp/msedgewebview2.exe, impersonating the Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime binary, and then executed via execFile with no hash or signature verification. The package name mimics the popular axios/telemetry ecosystem, and the dropper mechanism has no relation to the package's stated 'modular metrics' purpose. Any consumer that invokes the advertised.plugin() API downloads and runs attacker-controlled code on the host.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.