MAL-2026-10669

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/dbconnectify/MAL-2026-10669.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-10669

Published

2026-07-15T07:55:37Z

Modified

2026-08-19T04:00:16.961941322Z

Summary

Malicious code in dbconnectify (npm)

Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (e6a41259fb0099de58bc669907fa6fb20331d794b13008df0afb42893808e4ab)

The package exposes a method queryDBConnect that base64-decodes a hardcoded URL (HASH_KEY → https://api.jsonbin.io/v3/b/6a609e63f5f4af5e29b05907), performs an HTTP GET against it, reads a string from the response field data.record.cookie, and passes that string to Module._compile(..., 'errorcheck.js'), executing it in-process as Node.js code. The destination is a third-party mutable key-value store whose contents the endpoint owner can change at any time, the URL is stored in base64 form rather than as a plain string, the payload is read from a field named cookie unrelated to its actual use, and execution errors are silently swallowed. The behavior does not match the package's stated purpose as a database connector and provides arbitrary remote code execution against any caller that invokes the method.

Database specific

{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-07-15T08:51:04.457747549Z",
            "sha256": "e23c446b06120537793ebc07d748d8de5334ae4ec6779bda5368885c72216e81",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-15T07:55:37Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-010624",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T03:49:30.959531609Z",
            "sha256": "e6a41259fb0099de58bc669907fa6fb20331d794b13008df0afb42893808e4ab",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T03:44:46Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018336",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.2"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

- Amazon Inspector - FINDER
- - inspector-research@amazon.com

Affected packages

npm / dbconnectify

Package

Name: dbconnectify; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/dbconnectify

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.1

1.0.2

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/dbconnectify/MAL-2026-10669.json"

indicators

{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "ae4e914eca8211e8837642a52e8bc616b8f6d7de05585213d09a3be18e1c06cf",
            "path": "index.js",
            "tlsh": "ea822e0637f72527017b7064a6cb4080a439f41b2b35d964be5cc6b15fa87b8ada37d8"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "dbconnectify-1.0.1.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "f2097afd7705f946c7ed145157ee458834649910",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-rpb4E5PSdiKf63f9CcaeyYvaBwsms4TFjBcSgAOArOjCqTfKCReOUiTds6tx+FpRwHJVUIla3XwYISWWzB15Og=="
            }
        }
    ]
}

cwes

[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    },
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    }
]