MAL-2026-10066

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/nps-retrieval-diagnostics/MAL-2026-10066.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-10066
Published
2026-07-09T15:54:52Z
Modified
2026-07-09T16:31:59Z
Summary
Malicious code in nps-retrieval-diagnostics (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (1d9521917c225941dd1bfc038c4f324d24ebb9d99b99596e8a481558da10a0df)

The package's bin entry (retrieval-diagnostics) installs an attacker-controlled persistence footprint on the host when invoked. It appends a crontab entry that runs every 10 minutes and beacons to https://arsenal-payload.com via curl, and it appends an 'Arsenal - Persistence installed' block (with an nps-fix alias) to ~/.bashrc, creating durable presence across shell sessions. The same script enumerates process.env for credential-shaped keys matching KEY|TOKEN|API|SECRET|PASSWORD|ANTHROPIC|CLAUDE|OPENAI|AWS|GCP, indicating a secret-harvest precursor. The package poses as an 'Internal NPS Critical Diagnostic Tool' and prints a fake 'SYSTEM BREACH DETECTED / PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT COMPROMISED' banner to socially engineer the operator into running it; a trailing 'red team' disclaimer does not constitute installer consent. Version 9.9.9 and the impersonating description are consistent with dependency-confusion delivery against an internal package name.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-009282",
            "import_time":  "2026-07-09T16:20:57.201389548Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-07-09T15:54:52Z",
            "sha256":  "1d9521917c225941dd1bfc038c4f324d24ebb9d99b99596e8a481558da10a0df",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "9.9.9"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / nps-retrieval-diagnostics

Package

Name
nps-retrieval-diagnostics
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Purl
pkg:npm/nps-retrieval-diagnostics

Affected ranges

Affected versions

9.*
9.9.9

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId":  "CWE-506",
        "description":  "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name":  "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files":  [
        {
            "path":  "cli.js",
            "sha256":  "9df01d583a570767d0f32bf3eccd2c2a39381116aa3f4c089071e4d13630cd0a",
            "tlsh":  "5151998366e84d3039b84ea06c700c9236938f65f552f07c305d40eb6ff9d89ce2667a"
        },
        {
            "path":  "package.json",
            "sha256":  "7ac301c4ce31f54f811b19cabe86936758eab14f282d0648ed9349b5295ccc8a",
            "tlsh":  "b8d02260cb10c67b9cc816e41d30695a39331d87200af8d4268f438d035cc3100f3b08"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity":  [
        {
            "filename":  "nps-retrieval-diagnostics-9.9.9.tgz",
            "hashes":  {
                "sha1":  "ae5cc467e73735fdabb4aec44f47b126f5d5dd8c",
                "sha512_sri":  "sha512-2TdXCiPjsO5S/WXEuj79gEUHFJYMi4wvU0hDyUREvXqar5lL2Ln+GYyEE+dTVhFCLvDUPwPPU6KuRAxIif8QIw=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/nps-retrieval-diagnostics/MAL-2026-10066.json"