Malicious code in web-pixels-manager (npm)

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

not scored

EPSS

No dated EPSS signal available.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

web-pixels-manager@76.2.4 describes itself as a package for getting IP location and metadata. Its preinstall hook runs `node index.js` on npm install and requests `https://realwbx.com/ip.php?ip=8.8.8.8` with the hardcoded Authorization value `207e4133bd083b9e3e89c5556fc8677e`, which differs from the value in each of the account's other packages. The npm account conx3993 published it on 2026-10-15, one of 9 packages from that account between 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-15 whose preinstall hook calls realwbx.com. --- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_

Source: amazon-inspector (2a75cc1a77f4f7dce3f84c9b66aa2613ace8bccab0fffa5587a4a30ce9fdc71a) Package name `web-pixels-manager` typosquats Shopify's scoped `@shopify/web-pixels-manager`; the stated description (`get the IP location and metadata`) is unrelated to that name and the README is a one-line stub. `package.json` declares `preinstall: node index.js`, and `index.js` executes top-level code on `npm install` that…

Published by the source

15 Oct 2026, 13:01 UTC

Last modified by the source

3 Nov 2026, 22:30 UTC

Source last checked

4 Nov 2026, 06:00 UTC

1. Revision 2 · amended · 4 Nov 2026

   Amended from osv record MAL-2026-17895

2. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from osv record MAL-2026-17895

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# Patch Next advisory brief: GHSA-v6gx-6p2r-f6pp

Advisory: Malicious code in web-pixels-manager (npm)
IDs: GHSA-v6gx-6p2r-f6pp
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-17895 (revision 2, source checked 4 Nov 2026, 06:00 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Unrated
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm web-pixels-manager: affected every version

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls web-pixels-manager --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on web-pixels-manager.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17895 (OSV record MAL-2026-17895 lists affected ranges: npm web-pixels-manager >=76.2.4 <=76.2.4)
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-17895 (OSV record MAL-2026-17895 lists affected ranges: npm web-pixels-manager >=0)

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