MAL-2026-13981

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/eslint-publish-release/MAL-2026-13981.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-13981
Aliases
  • GHSA-rqq3-8xp4-pvcq
Published
2026-08-13T21:07:38Z
Modified
2026-08-18T17:15:26Z
Summary
Malicious code in eslint-publish-release (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (c3befb9fa08cae88e2ebcfb7877a33453bc0b95e0876fb5f76d55b011c8c9869)

eslint-publish-release@99.9.1 is a hollow package (index.js is an empty stub, no lifecycle scripts) whose only effect on install is dependency resolution. Its package.json declares its sole dependency ltidisafe as a direct HTTPS tarball URL pointing at a Google Cloud Storage bucket (https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.6.4.tgz) rather than a version resolved from the npm registry. Installing this package causes npm to fetch and install arbitrary code from that bucket into the consumer's node_modules, where it becomes executable at require time by the parent project. The bucket is not a publisher-matched or npm-registry destination, the URL path contains the token depenconf (dependency-confusion), the package name resembles legitimate ESLint release tooling, and the 99.9.1 version number is characteristic of dependency-confusion lures. The package structure — empty main, no independent utility, sole purpose is pulling a tarball from an anonymous bucket — is a delivery-vector shape, not a real library.

Source: ghsa-malware (d634f9bf77086ec53e4fc5997988c8eebe6904ca254e1f3809b871404413ddb6)

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-2026-017678",
            "import_time": "2026-08-13T21:20:57.185417106Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-13T21:07:38Z",
            "sha256": "c3befb9fa08cae88e2ebcfb7877a33453bc0b95e0876fb5f76d55b011c8c9869",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "99.9.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-rqq3-8xp4-pvcq",
            "import_time": "2026-08-18T16:29:04.474436698Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-18T16:20:52Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "d634f9bf77086ec53e4fc5997988c8eebe6904ca254e1f3809b871404413ddb6",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / eslint-publish-release

Package

Name
eslint-publish-release
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Purl
pkg:npm/eslint-publish-release

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": "f60d63a156141e2677e3c16482db71233c9657517a96092a255630de61663baa",
            "tlsh": "0ae07d201a6455334ec510b34c2a6557f371ce4f0408bc0c5bdb041c418db7328fd25d"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "eslint-publish-release-99.9.1.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "b1e73f0c57c757d58ac253abe4309d6a24478d3e",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-zCYMJtRmJ10aOOGoJiFZLzl2ggnna/j+Ny6bMTJCOGLmMRldGfDtzaAFRR4iSKvTMjs/e/A7wZ37mjTbBk/2vw=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/eslint-publish-release/MAL-2026-13981.json"