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
Aliases
  • GHSA-qqm3-3cpw-q9xx
Published
2026-08-13T21:08:34Z
Modified
2026-08-18T17:15:25Z
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.

Source: ghsa-malware (4e4ebcc148e95fcc54a83c19188d27eb69eb417da54327746f5863859554beae)

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-2026-017685",
            "import_time": "2026-08-13T21:20:57.470577693Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-13T21:08:34Z",
            "sha256": "723c3dbef875102d9d461c655737b930ea9f58f2a5555bd254d954d7003eacf5",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "99.9.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-qqm3-3cpw-q9xx",
            "import_time": "2026-08-18T16:29:04.472573769Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-18T16:20:55Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "4e4ebcc148e95fcc54a83c19188d27eb69eb417da54327746f5863859554beae",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / check-audit

Package

Name
check-audit
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/check-audit

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": "4a201c84ff8b028b9b1e17466d4cd24284c2184b0b8c55c17812cebd7de01f30",
            "tlsh": "3be072204a6066330ec500b24c2b600bf3b08e4f0808bc0c1adf842c80aca7338fa39c"
        }
    ],
    "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"