MAL-2026-14236

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/gaarf/MAL-2026-14236.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14236
Published
2026-08-19T03:48:08Z
Modified
2026-08-19T04:00:16.908639378Z
Summary
Malicious code in gaarf (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (3c3312540cdedc807029a549ffd3b49b917704323a3b664c6d71ae6849c192b9)

The package's postinstall lifecycle script runs automatically on npm install and collects installer host identifiers (os.hostname(), platform, arch, Node version, package name, lifecycle event) and POSTs them to the hardcoded host n8wx863s.instances.poc.jchunt.top at path /gaarf. The destination is not the installer's infrastructure and is not caller-configurable. The package name 'gaarf' matches the short name of google/ads-api-report-fetcher, so installs are most likely typos of that package; the beacon fires on those mistaken installs and reports the mistyping host to a third-party endpoint.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "3c3312540cdedc807029a549ffd3b49b917704323a3b664c6d71ae6849c192b9",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T03:48:08Z",
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T03:49:31.007053825Z",
            "versions": [
                "3.2.1"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018337"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / gaarf

Package

Name
gaarf
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Purl
pkg:npm/gaarf

Affected ranges

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/gaarf/MAL-2026-14236.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "tlsh": "2001d3d0d1795f311bf85780a1d1a90682b7e523770a617a67d805753fcd5f9003619d",
            "sha256": "37a999f46635221763ea2091330cf418845e9e5ad9cb91ad2bf21c1ff64ad44c",
            "path": "postinstall.js"
        },
        {
            "tlsh": "9cb012bf600885a21e10598f6694d02c12040550e871d9aee105039470100810941550",
            "sha256": "95cdbb604178697aab3887f4537e9e272da16acc2a9935a27d6a9e37d6721996",
            "path": "source.txt"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "gaarf-3.2.1.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-FWXyc0BXTwcsMEeyyyGVtWS5TyqtvaY/D5f3ppuXUeIvmrlKsvceR17S/EdOi3cpD6IaMs7s3jHQOocJLtTAlw==",
                "sha1": "cc071c987954fbb9a7206e08bcf921c4a4aa4dca"
            }
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]