MAL-2026-13210

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@ohos-ports/codex/MAL-2026-13210.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-13210
Published
2026-08-05T15:55:39Z
Modified
2026-08-05T16:50:17Z
Summary
Malicious code in @ohos-ports/codex (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (516484e6fdd2f0f358d0973e15a4443ab6555c9eca3770e51a13ee3f5196b266)

The package's package.json declares its dependency "@openai/codex" as a direct tarball URL: https://gitcode.com/api/v5/repos/OpenHarmonyPCDeveloper/JavaScript_Package_For_HarmonyOS/raw/packages/openai-codex-0.140.0.tgz?ref=main. The reference is mutable (branch 'main', no commit SHA, no integrity hash) and is hosted by a third-party org (OpenHarmonyPCDeveloper on gitcode.com) that is not the @openai publisher. On npm install, this tarball is fetched and placed into the installer's node_modules under the well-known @openai/codex name, so any code that resolves '@openai/codex' — including this package's own bin wrapper (await import('@openai/codex/bin/codex.js')) — loads content controlled by that third-party org rather than OpenAI. Because resolution happens through the dependencies field rather than a lifecycle script, npm install --ignore-scripts does not mitigate. The mutable branch reference means the content served at that URL can change at any time without a package republish.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-015812",
            "import_time": "2026-08-05T16:13:48.664931041Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-05T15:55:39Z",
            "sha256": "516484e6fdd2f0f358d0973e15a4443ab6555c9eca3770e51a13ee3f5196b266",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.140.0-beta.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @ohos-ports/codex

Package

Name
@ohos-ports/codex
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40ohos-ports/codex

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.140.0-beta.0

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": "package.json",
            "sha256": "05fe5cd447799fe295e0e910f2650f55df8d90a02c657f8ccf846a6f63ec82eb",
            "tlsh": "baf0eb2a893049b315ccc4e09c3c049ead4e2c9341482c907fe2735c8a987f332fd46e"
        },
        {
            "path": "bin/codex.js",
            "sha256": "cdfa02617e445cb0f041e79beec88868768c0f633263bf54f0c8058d252f9f29",
            "tlsh": "3ec02b2c863b05a04060cf62cd2f2170c65d907ccb4130cc0e844390f10c39038d934c"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "codex-0.140.0-beta.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "6eb9170fc4ff7e670f6e05d6b67dc1c54299236e",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-K5/gNZ+G87CTKXd+KhgVU1bbgqvWDPNr6GAPmDbYYKF3k6wqK3VX6kExTK9vrE83UG/aCtRsL8K2x+dKA8SBFA=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@ohos-ports/codex/MAL-2026-13210.json"