MAL-2026-13440

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/connect-contingency/MAL-2026-13440.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-13440
Aliases
  • GHSA-3q7q-6272-2v37
Published
2026-08-06T16:17:05Z
Modified
2026-08-18T17:15:25Z
Summary
Malicious code in connect-contingency (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (b3a03c555705f2bfa2e63b96e9ea5740196d1ea5ca8be0f1acce290c771f01ea)

connect-contingency@99.9.1 is a hollow package whose index.js is an empty stub. Its package.json declares its sole dependency ltidisafe as a direct tarball URL on an anonymous Google Cloud Storage bucket: https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.4.7.tgz. On npm install, npm downloads that tarball from a non-registry, non-publisher host outside registry integrity/audit coverage and installs it, executing any lifecycle scripts (preinstall/install/postinstall) it declares. The package name, an inflated 99.9.x version characteristic of dependency-confusion staging, the empty main, and the /depenconf/ URL path together indicate a dependency-confusion lure whose only effect on install is to pull attacker-controlled code into the installer's environment.

Source: ghsa-malware (53d8e8bca85cba82ba9b06a3823185e95fd07fc484de0701f83f76a4be427a76)

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": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-016670",
            "import_time": "2026-08-06T18:09:03.763730876Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-06T16:17:05Z",
            "sha256": "b3a03c555705f2bfa2e63b96e9ea5740196d1ea5ca8be0f1acce290c771f01ea",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "99.9.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-3q7q-6272-2v37",
            "import_time": "2026-08-18T16:29:04.449288564Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-18T16:20:51Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "53d8e8bca85cba82ba9b06a3823185e95fd07fc484de0701f83f76a4be427a76",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / connect-contingency

Package

Name
connect-contingency
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Purl
pkg:npm/connect-contingency

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

99.*
99.9.1

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "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.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "423a1dac60a2335fb5ecced51b0c8ffe5b8d04acfbd7f8e1dfd43c10261f227f",
            "tlsh": "d7e07d34496455330ed601b1485a6107f3708e5f4405bc0c1bdf042c509cb7328f939d"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "connect-contingency-99.9.1.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "da7799da0703628d2a0bc1b64e7ba5607560a740",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-v4YwqkKoqFH49a5hYpbltVTI56gz+S+Cpz6chw6rtcjVw4PFZAQ6IDS6NCbqsAIPQB+cBazEBQj7/vVTXoLR0w=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/connect-contingency/MAL-2026-13440.json"