MAL-2026-17746 Malicious code in kmf-bootstrap (npm)

On npm install, the package's postinstall script performs two exfiltration actions. First, it reads the installer's hostname and npm_package_name and issues DNS resolutions for a label of the form <host>.<pkg>.db4jlbku53082dmp0d7g3mffj7s7aordk.oast.me, leaking those identifiers to an Interactsh (oast.me) collaborator over DNS. Second, postinstall.js require()s a shipped Linux x64 native addon at prebuilds/linux-x64/addon.node that calls gethostname() and getpwuid()->pw_name and reads the npm_package_name and npm_config_registry environment variables, then opens a raw socket and sends an HTTP POST with body h=<host>&u=<user>&p=<pkg>&r=<registry> to the bare IP 64.181.165.115 (Host header 64.181.165.115, path /dc, HTTP/1.0, no TLS). The destination is a bare IP with no relation to the package publisher and the npm_config_registry value can disclose a private/internal registry URL from the installer's.npmrc. The native component is opaque code auto-executed during install with host-level network egress. The package name resembles the common 'bootstrap' naming convention, consistent with a dependency-confusion / typosquat lure whose purpose is to beacon successful installs and private registry metadata.

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'kmf-bootstrap' @ 100.100.102 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

• The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.