MAL-2026-5350 Malicious code in @demica/resources (npm)

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Dep-confusion squat of internal @demica/resources at sentinel high version 99.99.100 + auto-exec postinstall (canary.js) beaconing to RAW IP 157.230.17.236:80/dc. Sentinel-high-version + auto-exec beacon = MALICIOUS per operator policy (c913); "authorized canary" framing does NOT downgrade, raw-IP dest matches masterkrweb. 6-pkg @demica canary campaign.

On npm install, the package's scripts.postinstall executes canary.js, which issues an unconditional plain-HTTP GET to the hardcoded bare IP 157.230.17.236 on port 80 at path /dc?.... The query string includes os.hostname() (truncated to 200 chars) plus the package name, version, a nonce, and a phase identifier. This fires automatically on every install with no opt-out. The package self-describes as a 'dependency-confusion canary,' but it is published on the public npm registry under the @demica/* scope: any installer that resolves @demica/resources — including via accidental dependency confusion, typo, or curiosity install — will leak their hostname to the operator of that bare IP over unencrypted HTTP. The destination is an anonymous bare IP with no associated domain, publisher, or disclosure; hostname is an installer-side host identifier transmitted off-host to an attacker-shaped endpoint.

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.