MAL-2026-13976

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/check-audit/MAL-2026-13976.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-13976
Published
2026-08-13T21:08:34Z
Modified
2026-08-13T21:30:27.295828828Z
Summary
Malicious code in check-audit (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (723c3dbef875102d9d461c655737b930ea9f58f2a5555bd254d954d7003eacf5)

check-audit@99.9.1 is an otherwise empty package (no author, no description, no meaningful code) whose only effect on install is to pull a dependency named ltidisafe from an arbitrary Google Cloud Storage URL: https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.6.5.tgz. This URL is not the npm registry and is not tied to any declared publisher of check-audit. The tarball contents are mutable and bypass registry-side scanning; whatever code and lifecycle scripts it ships execute in the installer's node_modules on npm install. The version number (99.9.1) and hollow package contents are consistent with a lure/dropper whose sole purpose is to pull attacker-controllable code into the dependency tree at install time.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-017685",
            "import_time": "2026-08-13T21:20:57.470577693Z",
            "sha256": "723c3dbef875102d9d461c655737b930ea9f58f2a5555bd254d954d7003eacf5",
            "versions": [
                "99.9.1"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-13T21:08:34Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / check-audit

Package

Name
check-audit
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Purl
pkg:npm/check-audit

Affected ranges

Affected versions

99.*
99.9.1

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "3be072204a6066330ec500b24c2b600bf3b08e4f0808bc0c1adf842c80aca7338fa39c",
            "sha256": "4a201c84ff8b028b9b1e17466d4cd24284c2184b0b8c55c17812cebd7de01f30"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "check-audit-99.9.1.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "e98dd1f98cce208d3c2d1900380db070b17a820d",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-V9Cd13LijFgy1YVPMyqGGRqueZKKB9LpFVFKjbn7ANe3ua7dO1v7n3NXfiT3aR2J48GjfraQCnSugpcVAYWbMw=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/check-audit/MAL-2026-13976.json"