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
Published
2026-08-19T02:51:35Z
Modified
2026-08-19T03:00:15.131388217Z
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.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T02:57:23.45442587Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T02:51:42Z",
            "sha256": "5eb8ce248e1543c0b0a55fa118319995b3a6c7b34353e4a2cd4751c38846b1d8",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018313",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T02:57:23.306392809Z",
            "sha256": "7d39931b57405563b5114ee92146f85eeeddbeb0e235dae9f483c2b30764f47e",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T02:51:35Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018312",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / timed-assess

Package

Name
timed-assess
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Purl
pkg:npm/timed-assess

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0
1.0.1

Database specific

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