MAL-2026-10750

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/telemetry-metrics/MAL-2026-10750.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-10750
Published
2026-07-16T18:45:17Z
Modified
2026-07-16T19:20:00.169503282Z
Summary
Malicious code in telemetry-metrics (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (2cd215db682d2cc6eb6c9d4f5f704b66503762047ac210160f07559c07e93dea)

telemetry-metrics@0.2.1 impersonates @telemetry-js/telemetry — its package.json repository/homepage/bugs and README badges all reference the legitimate telemetry-js/telemetry project, but the code diverges. The exported plugin() method (reachable via the package's public API, e.g. require('telemetry-metrics')().plugin()) fetches https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ThoSuperstarDev/axios-http/main/lib/env/te.txt and writes the response bytes to C:\Windows\1.txt via fs.writeFileSync. The source is a mutable branch on a personal GitHub account unrelated to the impersonated publisher, so the delivered bytes are attacker-controlled and can change over time. The destination is a Windows system directory, consistent with staging content for later execution / DLL-search-order abuse / privileged path abuse. The upstream @telemetry-js/telemetry package has no equivalent remote-fetch behavior.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "2cd215db682d2cc6eb6c9d4f5f704b66503762047ac210160f07559c07e93dea",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-16T18:45:17Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.2.1"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-010771",
            "import_time": "2026-07-16T18:54:03.844980117Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / telemetry-metrics

Package

Name
telemetry-metrics
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Purl
pkg:npm/telemetry-metrics

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.2.1

Database specific

indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "6892a090d2758a7ebad33754ef48a38ee90d6a645817871fc21d93741b3b20d0",
            "tlsh": "1df00e4b097a232693a534c082977c5fb110c1087a49c791822c0cc86d4011ce473980",
            "path": "lib/plugin-options.js"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "f906c109a5dd32e2296fc48422173adb2b20f2448f8df2c9b1ee7a013260af67",
            "tlsh": "4e01a224ea215c630ed96aa39e6a1203b311dd275554fc0d778b431e972d4af21fe22d",
            "path": "package.json"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-M5mACIQpqlx+XCCcCO9U/Uwcnn4UHhmDETj6JsjTA1KzL+UqMgJN/RmStUMoURocRFtSVpSq2XQ0bIr2Z7IzPA==",
                "sha1": "d2a185a47fafee14e9e56c3c80378f1b9de0ba79"
            },
            "filename": "telemetry-metrics-0.2.1.tgz"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/telemetry-metrics/MAL-2026-10750.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]