MAL-2026-11083

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/edu-npm-helper-beta/MAL-2026-11083.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-11083
Aliases
  • GHSA-mm62-vp6v-vqq2
Published
2026-07-27T01:27:20Z
Modified
2026-08-05T06:36:11.105767912Z
Summary
Malicious code in edu-npm-helper-beta (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (cd7f857929420503555e28dd3c702b2f60cbd705fd7be4a15009fc0536646978)

No suspicious behaviors were identified in this package version. There is no evidence of install-time network activity, lifecycle scripts performing remote fetch-and-execute, credential or environment-variable scraping, hardcoded attacker-controlled endpoints, or other supply-chain attack patterns. The package name suggests an educational/test helper, and its content does not exhibit known threat fingerprints.

Source: ghsa-malware (8ee91f9cf6f537f6f3e92c12fa56937dcaf79acaab105cd46740695d4ccd0260)

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-07-27T01:27:21Z",
            "id": "GHSA-mm62-vp6v-vqq2",
            "import_time": "2026-07-27T09:43:03.823244771Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "sha256": "8ee91f9cf6f537f6f3e92c12fa56937dcaf79acaab105cd46740695d4ccd0260"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-013264",
            "import_time": "2026-08-05T06:00:59.717828174Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-05T05:58:00Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "cd7f857929420503555e28dd3c702b2f60cbd705fd7be4a15009fc0536646978"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / edu-npm-helper-beta

Package

Name
edu-npm-helper-beta
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Purl
pkg:npm/edu-npm-helper-beta

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/edu-npm-helper-beta/MAL-2026-11083.json"