mal-2026-16012

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "source": "https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/orbitron-cli/MAL-2026-16012.json"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "orbitron-cli",
        "purl": "pkg:npm/orbitron-cli"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://research.codelake.dev/advisories/clr-2026-3050-orbitron-cli"
      ],
      "name": "codelake Research",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "iocs": {
      "domains": [
        "orbitron--pastelsjuice8t.replit.app"
      ]
    }
  },
  "details": "The npm package `orbitron-cli` is malicious. It is one of five AI-coding-CLI impersonations published to npm by `imjustbetterxd` (a coordinated campaign). On use, the CLI reads the developer's LLM/provider API key - from environment variables (e.g. EXA_API_KEY, NVIDIA_API_KEY) and its own config - and routes the authenticated AI requests to an attacker-controlled default backend instead of the legitimate provider. Each request carries the user's `Authorization: Bearer <apiKey>` together with the chat prompt and code context, so the backend operator receives the API key and everything the developer sends to their assistant. Later builds set `rejectUnauthorized: false` / `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` for the relay connection. Payloads/updates are hosted on the GitHub account `Marcus-Mok-GH`.\n\nThe single published version (1.0.1) is affected. It is a `bun` launcher: `bin/orbitron` imports `dist/index.js`, which uses `dist/backend-client.js` (holds the API key) and a bundled `dist/orbitron` binary; the relay backend is `orbitron--pastelsjuice8t.replit.app`. `dist/update.js` auto-updates from `orbitron-tui`'s npm `latest` and spawns the bundled binary - the cluster is self-linked.",
  "id": "MAL-2026-16012",
  "modified": "2026-09-11T04:00:06.646939206Z",
  "published": "2026-09-04T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://research.codelake.dev/advisories/clr-2026-3050-orbitron-cli"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://research.codelake.dev/advisories/clr-2026-3048-ai-cli-relay-campaign"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "Malicious code in orbitron-cli (npm)"
}