MAL-2026-1387

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/tahoe-tap/MAL-2026-1387.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-1387
Aliases
  • GHSA-777p-fm5x-p7rg
Published
2026-03-13T05:38:17Z
Modified
2026-03-23T05:46:15.619574Z
Summary
Malicious code in tahoe-tap (npm)
Details

Malicious package detected. Executes code during installation via preinstall script in package.json and has only one version published.

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Source: amazon-inspector (deec4b3e879632ae9819b52e88ae689725b1af688aecd541e498d2bac084f848)

The package tahoe-tap was found to contain malicious code.

Source: ghsa-malware (c5105b324bf7dc41e9bce318b47bb5bea6e3193f688daa6ac3b153ae9f226fbe)

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": [
        {
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-13T10:37:27Z",
            "id": "GHSA-777p-fm5x-p7rg",
            "import_time": "2026-03-13T11:25:20.300269112Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "c5105b324bf7dc41e9bce318b47bb5bea6e3193f688daa6ac3b153ae9f226fbe"
        },
        {
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-23T05:11:41Z",
            "import_time": "2026-03-23T05:14:39.64044734Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "deec4b3e879632ae9819b52e88ae689725b1af688aecd541e498d2bac084f848"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / tahoe-tap

Package

Name
tahoe-tap
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Purl
pkg:npm/tahoe-tap

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/tahoe-tap/MAL-2026-1387.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]