MAL-2026-14065

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/akamai-sensor/MAL-2026-14065.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14065
Published
2026-08-15T17:41:39Z
Modified
2026-08-15T18:15:10.998381065Z
Summary
Malicious code in akamai-sensor (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (f1a8cc3668ec9751c1ef60bf602f1e08f2f2fdf8dce999e442c484458f932178)

Package published under a name impersonating Akamai's sensor_data anti-bot SDK. index.js contains a /*... */ comment whose body is encoded in invisible Unicode variation-selector and tag characters (U+FE00-U+FE0F and U+E0100-U+E01EF); sync-metrics.js reads index.js, extracts that comment, decodes the tag characters back to UTF-8 bytes, and passes the reconstructed string to new Function('require', batch)(require), executing hidden JavaScript with full require access. Execution is triggered when a consumer calls the package's exported sensor() API (index.js invokes require('./sync-metrics').touch()). index.js additionally fetches a hardcoded public Google Calendar ICS feed at calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/hev4229%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics, scans event DESCRIPTION fields for a URL (base64-decoding the value), appends /generate, and fetches and parses JSON from that URL on each sensor() call - a dead-drop command-and-control channel whose target endpoint the operator can rotate at will by editing the calendar. The combination of vendor-name impersonation, invisible-Unicode payload concealment, dynamic code execution via new Function, and mutable third-party dead-drop C2 is a supply-chain attack against installers who trust the Akamai brand.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-017971",
            "import_time": "2026-08-15T18:08:48.394948515Z",
            "sha256": "f1a8cc3668ec9751c1ef60bf602f1e08f2f2fdf8dce999e442c484458f932178",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-15T17:41:39Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / akamai-sensor

Package

Name
akamai-sensor
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Purl
pkg:npm/akamai-sensor

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

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": "sync-metrics.js",
            "tlsh": "b00189db26fb3161831350912adbd15a34dfec633606e0c1fbac92d0af62410477b5ad",
            "sha256": "427c50d775724e65fbaeef7d2b8dc106410934ac89515372b4cf4a2f61d3845b"
        },
        {
            "path": "index.js",
            "tlsh": "cba1ef517af3317b002351d4a357f0a495079e027585c8d0ea6c5bf52ed1e98c9e3dea",
            "sha256": "88e66b03beaa43fd92af55081b5618964e836a7a8911f336d839f0e9194fd172"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "akamai-sensor-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "a046f0563eae197cc851ea6839463c2ba6e7bee1",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-JSZSFrDnMYs9Y13wSTuRExwhhio3TUlC+8Va+ZW6jYxlsUHoMKOtzsoiAdZb4gk45jWtQUZssTdU3wxvWDk9eQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/akamai-sensor/MAL-2026-14065.json"