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Malicious package exfiltrates user data via wget in preinstall and test scripts. Suspicious URL used for data exfiltration.
The package is marked as malware by OSV: MAL-2025-5989
with source: ghsa-malware
The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity. It exfiltrates user data via wget in preinstall and test scripts.
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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.
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'target_user_list' @ 13.3.7 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
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The package contains malicious scripts in package.json
. The preinstall
script uses wget
to exfiltrate sensitive information (username, current path, and hostname) to a remote server api.hooklistener.com
. The test
script does the same. This behavior is indicative of a malicious package attempting to gather information from compromised systems.