MAL-2026-14020 Malicious code in alelo-api (npm)

The package fires attacker-controlled code on npm install via both preinstall.js and index.js (postinstall). preinstall.js collects hostname, username, platform, cwd, and the full process.env, JSON-encodes it, and POSTs it over HTTPS with TLS verification disabled to the hardcoded bare-IP endpoint https://209.99.185.109/preinstall. The postinstall path reads installer-owned secret files from the current working directory and its parents (.env, ../.env, ../../.env, .npmrc, package.json), captures process.env, executes whoami and id, and POSTs the aggregate to https://209.99.185.109/postinstall (also with TLS verification disabled). The tarball additionally ships a login.ps1 note referencing the publisher account [email protected] and a local publish workflow under C:\Users\hp\Documents\alelo\npm-publish; combined with the name alelo-api and version 99.0.0, this indicates a typosquat / dependency-confusion attack aimed at the Alelo organization. Any installer that runs npm install alelo-api leaks environment variables, npm tokens, and any .env secrets in the working tree to the hardcoded IP.