MAL-2026-14216

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/timed-assess/MAL-2026-14216.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14216
Aliases
  • GHSA-mcq8-jp4r-5846
Published
2026-08-19T02:51:35Z
Modified
2026-08-20T14:30:11Z
Summary
Malicious code in timed-assess (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (7d39931b57405563b5114ee92146f85eeeddbeb0e235dae9f483c2b30764f47e)

package.json declares postinstall: node apps, which loads apps/index.js. The script reads a bundled file, decrypts it with hardcoded DES key 'bf497c0b9cee' (CryptoJS.DES.decrypt), and pipes the resulting plaintext into the stdin of a detached spawn('node', [], { detached: true, stdio: ['pipe','ignore','ignore'] }) process. Identifiers such as readLogoIco and rsa_exec and log strings like 'ThetaSDK initialization error' are mislabeled and unrelated to the code's actual behavior of running arbitrary JavaScript. The detached stdio-ignore configuration suppresses output from the installer. This chain executes attacker-controlled JavaScript on the installer's host automatically on npm install.

Source: ghsa-malware (c3b073d979c1215c50e555f2de87e3957135500d6b365f3a9f11927b6571be4f)

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-2026-018313",
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T02:57:23.45442587Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T02:51:42Z",
            "sha256": "5eb8ce248e1543c0b0a55fa118319995b3a6c7b34353e4a2cd4751c38846b1d8",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018312",
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T02:57:23.306392809Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T02:51:35Z",
            "sha256": "7d39931b57405563b5114ee92146f85eeeddbeb0e235dae9f483c2b30764f47e",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-mcq8-jp4r-5846",
            "import_time": "2026-08-20T14:26:12.000280072Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-20T14:22:53Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "c3b073d979c1215c50e555f2de87e3957135500d6b365f3a9f11927b6571be4f",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / timed-assess

Package

Name
timed-assess
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/timed-assess

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0
1.0.1

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"
    },
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "apps/index.js",
            "sha256": "37038c2721195f471425d05d4d91f939b9d9d088582cc73fc825ddf747177361",
            "tlsh": "c62101191e1f173307b2a3e547139422f657d0972760db54b7cec2692ff58545a80fd8"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "timed-assess-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "44562541653b7c90c665ecbd420fc66bafd95394",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-bFc/42mxevfZMa7YQrBuPI0LHABYS2xS4Qjhaf6n03hjVjDXX3HeeBVUM7APylmk33e/HQSqfJJHCxfdGvK6rA=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/timed-assess/MAL-2026-14216.json"