MAL-2025-42142

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/brave-real-launcher/MAL-2025-42142.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2025-42142

Published

2025-09-04T04:25:18Z

Modified

2025-09-04T08:08:13Z

Summary

Malicious code in brave-real-launcher (npm)

Details

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Source: ossf-package-analysis (ec706dec762e96c2e6f2990c75a05808c5226fdd400419402135c910c5e639a5)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'brave-real-launcher' @ 1.0.10 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

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

Database specific

{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-09-04T04:25:18Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.8"
            ],
            "sha256": "9e3938f6650a9a236064818f51254155f432ceb0c9255246e797ba6f0a94331c",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "import_time": "2025-09-04T04:37:31.061590319Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-09-04T04:35:55Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.10"
            ],
            "sha256": "ec706dec762e96c2e6f2990c75a05808c5226fdd400419402135c910c5e639a5",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "import_time": "2025-09-04T04:37:31.212380987Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2025-09-04T07:51:46Z",
            "versions": [
                "2.0.7"
            ],
            "sha256": "6b3f10c7e37d4f03652df6fedfb65791acbb14bb3f3b8f92efee82e6f132df7e",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "import_time": "2025-09-04T08:07:44.704631199Z"
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

- OpenSSF: Package Analysis - FINDER
- - https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis
  - https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis

Affected packages

npm / brave-real-launcher

Package

Name: brave-real-launcher; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/brave-real-launcher

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.8

1.0.10

2.*

2.0.7

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/brave-real-launcher/MAL-2025-42142.json"