MAL-2025-190568

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/captcha-paypal/MAL-2025-190568.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-190568
Published
2025-11-18T23:50:40Z
Modified
2025-11-24T16:09:28Z
Summary
Malicious code in captcha-paypal (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (358456d344b5a4b2a92cb9b9094bafcf797200b5a0b6549e46175fbbfff70fa4)

The package captcha-paypal was found to contain malicious code.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (dff8fdeb25037d1f3b4ab7f07b1e66941c95ce6fecef691bd44a684e80ee33f8)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'captcha-paypal' @ 2.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2025-11-19T00:26:26.880883233Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-11-18T23:50:40Z",
            "sha256": "dff8fdeb25037d1f3b4ab7f07b1e66941c95ce6fecef691bd44a684e80ee33f8",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "versions": [
                "2.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2025-11-24T16:07:29.987477221Z",
            "modified_time": "2025-11-24T15:39:21Z",
            "sha256": "358456d344b5a4b2a92cb9b9094bafcf797200b5a0b6549e46175fbbfff70fa4",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / captcha-paypal

Package

Name
captcha-paypal
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Purl
pkg:npm/captcha-paypal

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/captcha-paypal/MAL-2025-190568.json"