MAL-2026-14217

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ai-texts/MAL-2026-14217.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14217

Aliases

GHSA-h6w4-w8pj-2pwx

Published

2026-08-19T03:22:55Z

Modified

2026-08-20T04:00:12.018065676Z

Summary

Malicious code in ai-texts (npm)

Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (3f70364834c6aa09fed4520d6144867e921c75f416d315addf2ec3b28a92d2e4)

The package advertises itself as text helpers for AI pipelines (toText/normalizeText) but src/index.js unconditionally invokes a dropper at module top level on require()/import. The dropper downloads a platform-specific installer from https://anymeetvia.com/download/{win|mac-x86_64|linux}/install1[.ps1] into the OS temp directory, chmods it 0755 on macOS/Linux, and executes it via powershell -File on Windows or bash on Unix, then calls process.exit. There is no version pinning, no hash or signature verification, and the download endpoint is an author-controlled domain unrelated to the advertised functionality. The remote installer content is not present in the package and can be changed by whoever controls anymeetvia.com at any time. The README and module.exports document only the text-helper API; the dropper is undocumented.

Source: ghsa-malware (157801df9aca5cfc352c39f3fae51f04dd16ee810064ea6d95d4cd99f98931ff)

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": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T03:24:22.170679964Z",
            "sha256": "3f70364834c6aa09fed4520d6144867e921c75f416d315addf2ec3b28a92d2e4",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T03:22:55Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018323",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-20T01:06:54.069206637Z",
            "sha256": "157801df9aca5cfc352c39f3fae51f04dd16ee810064ea6d95d4cd99f98931ff",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T17:02:59Z",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "id": "GHSA-h6w4-w8pj-2pwx",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-20T03:49:51.025465438Z",
            "sha256": "7ff80e41c08f4470dd53c808d5d88c86752ec0e201c1287dfc0b742ba271d93f",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-20T03:39:49Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018435",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.2"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

- Amazon Inspector - FINDER
- - inspector-research@amazon.com

Affected packages

npm / ai-texts

Package

Name: ai-texts; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/ai-texts

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.1

1.0.2

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ai-texts/MAL-2026-14217.json"

indicators

{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "569e6f4333f38e01bf053794f795c27da031298ea1481b60ca682caf54ff0c83",
            "path": "src/index.js",
            "tlsh": "3451524c3af3b2226af19598b7c794a5e09381133016d684f9dc8a841f9716cc736fde"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "ai-texts-1.0.1.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-AGl86zERM8lAfAKZylvhqkFeYDlH7ggkXlod6py2/Th4/qI6XvqdyX3zMBepVHdqamVFW204uqM+TOZQ2CVONA==",
                "sha1": "08f13b8f24cb4a2a4b674d402e8a741a781fc308"
            }
        }
    ]
}

cwes

[
    {
        "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",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    }
]