This code is a classic malicious loader/dropper: it fetches a hardcoded remote JavaScript payload using curl, executes it via require() from a disk file, and then deletes the payload to hinder investigation. The presence of encoding/obfuscation of the URL and shell fragments, combined with network-to-execution flow, makes this highly indicative of supply-chain malware.
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The npm package aone-kit receives a total of 240 weekly downloads. As such, aone-kit popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that aone-kit demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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