MAL-2026-14290

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/anhn-cli/MAL-2026-14290.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14290
Published
2026-08-19T08:37:09Z
Modified
2026-08-19T09:00:19.339383760Z
Summary
Malicious code in anhn-cli (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (7b0f11f74231c27bd3e3ac41dea5290466f042224f64547d88a328d6b87cf657)

bin/install/install.js appends a heavily obfuscated top-level IIFE (obfuscator.io-style rotated string array _0x240a/_0x4963 with arithmetic index decoding) after the benign install() helper. The payload queries public Ethereum RPCs and etherscan.io for transactions from the hardcoded sender address 0xa322E5f3..., decodes the transaction to field as an IPv4 address, fetches an XOR-encrypted body from that host, and executes it via eval(prefix+xor(body)) and a detached spawn('node', ['-e',...], {detached:true}).unref(). The package's main entry (bin/index.js) unconditionally requires./install/install, so the IIFE runs whenever the package is required or the CLI is invoked. The attacker controls the fetched payload by publishing new Ethereum transactions from the sender address; there is no version pinning, no signature check, and the destination host rotates on-chain. Decoded strings inside the string array include eth_getBlockByNumber, etherscan.io, eval, and spawn.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T08:48:53.993969046Z",
            "sha256": "7b0f11f74231c27bd3e3ac41dea5290466f042224f64547d88a328d6b87cf657",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T08:37:09Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018413",
            "versions": [
                "1.1.4"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / anhn-cli

Package

Name
anhn-cli
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Purl
pkg:npm/anhn-cli

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.1.4

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/anhn-cli/MAL-2026-14290.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "edd592deaa4eb1924b0eeaee130c299c39b7d6617e515432037206b75296aacd",
            "path": "bin/install/install.js",
            "tlsh": "08e23284a7d0a440034b6abbbb1bf4e5e96a0cac75844ac7f11dbd84f766327e4f1531"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "anhn-cli-1.1.4.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "93dac554ac1d931f434c3786f202b1522f42c703",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-KYigpzpMwqd5ehpwRrIA4K34sZd/md0hak//yjK3nhQeE+LivicgeeXKJ210JFBwoK3RLxHofeCnhefmzztksA=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    }
]