MAL-2026-11473

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/metrics-ui/MAL-2026-11473.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-11473
Aliases
  • GHSA-g4m5-r29v-w7gh
Published
2026-07-31T23:46:41Z
Modified
2026-08-04T23:05:18.961421585Z
Summary
Malicious code in metrics-ui (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (40a5f1c46b3dedff62a0fbbb97026f6ad0b4c59cbbfb5f3078de824328c09b8c)

metrics-ui is a functionally empty npm package (hollow index.js, no scripts) whose only effect on installers is pulling in a runtime dependency resolved from a hardcoded off-registry URL. package.json declares dependencies.ltidisafe = "https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.4.4.tgz", causing npm to fetch and install that tarball's contents into node_modules on every npm install metrics-ui. The tarball is served from a Google Cloud Storage bucket path controlled by whoever owns the bucket, bypassing npm registry publication, scanning, and immutability guarantees; the bucket contents can be swapped at any time and any lifecycle hooks or top-level require() side effects in the fetched package then run in the installer's environment. The package name resembles common analytics/UI naming while shipping no actual UI or metrics code, consistent with a dropper-lure shape whose sole purpose is to force-resolve attacker-controlled code into consumers' dependency graphs.

Source: ghsa-malware (e9f8558ac68be73ce64768cc451fbc5236c26db9f555c7c86a687c253a2bb7b6)

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": [
        {
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "id": "GHSA-g4m5-r29v-w7gh",
            "import_time": "2026-08-02T22:41:04.974991Z",
            "sha256": "e9f8558ac68be73ce64768cc451fbc5236c26db9f555c7c86a687c253a2bb7b6",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-31T23:46:42Z",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "99.9.1"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-011309",
            "import_time": "2026-08-04T22:30:10.269953749Z",
            "sha256": "40a5f1c46b3dedff62a0fbbb97026f6ad0b4c59cbbfb5f3078de824328c09b8c",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-04T22:02:48Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / metrics-ui

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

99.*
99.9.1

Database specific

indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "2b0d0890bdd21b581849af1b5e69866bf3400cba52b5a5077ee182902f1384d2",
            "tlsh": "e4e072305a306a330ec600b28c6ba40bf3b08e4f0418bc0c1bdb042c418dab328f926d"
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "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.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/metrics-ui/MAL-2026-11473.json"