supply chain event / NVI-00011108 / Revision 1
Malicious code in imgbundle (npm)
GitHub lists this malware advisory for imgbundle, imgbundle. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
This report has not inspected your inventory, configuration, deployed build, reachability or evidence. A catalog listing and a severity score do not establish exposure or compromise.
01 / Meaning
Why it matters
Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.
02 / Applicability
The affected context
Affected versions, configuration prerequisites and known exclusions are public. Confirm each one against the deployed service.
imgbundle
source listed= 1.0.0
## Source: amazon-inspector (e14218599b46d143fa8e150156864d14d58c327bd8a8816221ac4e8c5cc99350) The package advertises itself as an image bundler, but index.js performs no image bundling. On require, a top-level IIFE reads an AES-256-CBC-encrypted file at `cdn-img-fetch/.cache/banner.jpg` inside the sibling dependency `cdn-img-fetch`, decrypts it with a hardcoded key derived from `sha256('nif-runtime-2027')`, writes the plaintext to `cdn-img-fetch/.runtime/rt.jpg`, deletes the source file, and registers an `fs.watch` on the source directory so the decrypt-and-stage step still fires if the encrypted blob is delivered later. The package also calls `cif.ensureCached()` on the `cdn-img-fetch` dependency in an error-recovery path, wiring the two packages together as a coordinated staged dropper: `cdn-img-fetch` supplies the encrypted bytes and `imgbundle` acts as the decoder that materializes attacker-controlled content onto the installer's filesystem at import time. The README description of image bundling does not correspond to any code path in the module, and hardcoded-AES-key decryption of an opaque blob from another package is not a legitimate implementation of that stated purpose.
imgbundle
source listed= 1.0.1
## Source: amazon-inspector (e14218599b46d143fa8e150156864d14d58c327bd8a8816221ac4e8c5cc99350) The package advertises itself as an image bundler, but index.js performs no image bundling. On require, a top-level IIFE reads an AES-256-CBC-encrypted file at `cdn-img-fetch/.cache/banner.jpg` inside the sibling dependency `cdn-img-fetch`, decrypts it with a hardcoded key derived from `sha256('nif-runtime-2027')`, writes the plaintext to `cdn-img-fetch/.runtime/rt.jpg`, deletes the source file, and registers an `fs.watch` on the source directory so the decrypt-and-stage step still fires if the encrypted blob is delivered later. The package also calls `cif.ensureCached()` on the `cdn-img-fetch` dependency in an error-recovery path, wiring the two packages together as a coordinated staged dropper: `cdn-img-fetch` supplies the encrypted bytes and `imgbundle` acts as the decoder that materializes attacker-controlled content onto the installer's filesystem at import time. The README description of image bundling does not correspond to any code path in the module, and hardcoded-AES-key decryption of an opaque blob from another package is not a legitimate implementation of that stated purpose.
03 / Response
What to do next
- investigate
Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.
Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system. GitHub Advisory Database
A fixed release is not deployment evidence.
Check current vendor support and compatibility. After making a change, verify the deployed build and relevant runtime conditions. Keep the evidence, owner and time. An updated lockfile alone does not prove what is running.
04 / Limits
What this report cannot establish
- Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected.
05 / Provenance
Sources you can inspect
Each assertion retains its source. Mirrored records may repeat one underlying publisher; additional links are not independent corroboration.
- GHSA-5p43-g79v-96pj ↗
GitHub Advisory Database · vendor advisory
Observed . GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.
Public revision history
Only published revisions appear here. Routine fetches do not create a material-change event.
- Revision 1 ·
First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.