MAL-2026-14296

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/gfff5/MAL-2026-14296.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14296
Published
2026-08-19T09:13:15Z
Modified
2026-08-19T09:30:15.205128168Z
Summary
Malicious code in gfff5 (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (2f12f82dc8c54282b428617c03537a54f3361841b02233b6626eae6f1e8ec4ee)

gfff5 advertises itself as a 'System binary configuration tool' but its actual behavior is covert surveillance. When the CLI is invoked, index.js silently installs Python 3.12 on Windows (via winget, or by downloading the python.org installer to %TEMP% and running it with /quiet InstallAllUsers=0 PrependPath=1), then pip-installs the libraries required by a bundled pointer.py. pointer.py registers global low-level keyboard hooks via the keyboard module (including a raw mash_hook), captures screenshots with mss / ImageGrab, reads clipboard contents via pyperclip, walks other application windows' UI trees with uiautomation.WalkControl, and POSTs the collected text and images to the hardcoded author endpoint https://iq-sec.vercel.app/api. Stealth features (blank window titles, transparent overlay, a panic_exit hotkey, and source comments labeling the installer 'GHOST INSTALLER — No UI, No Admin Popup') confirm the behavior is intentionally hidden from the user and unrelated to the package's declared purpose.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-19T09:15:25.243697423Z",
            "sha256": "2f12f82dc8c54282b428617c03537a54f3361841b02233b6626eae6f1e8ec4ee",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-19T09:13:15Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018416",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / gfff5

Package

Name
gfff5
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Purl
pkg:npm/gfff5

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/gfff5/MAL-2026-14296.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "01ae88f6fcd21d909396e7189f67fc5f5d4accc4891de45644659dcf5b5b79e0",
            "path": "pointer.py",
            "tlsh": "cde2fa09ec0d0896c473de2e5852b857fb1e0b435a1e9e17f8bc99901f743428ae0ef9"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "f9918a3925f7dfc03976523f6cd3a7f1f2e1d85846f44ef3510d0a23bfe5e978",
            "tlsh": "fb814f065a95a234ed7247a99b07212be517a0a3a100e69cbdbe83850f76945c073fee",
            "path": "index.js"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "gfff5-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "03cdf6e471b3740ac9085872ad9471afec4521f5",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-IH3lYH8iJ2cQxo56bC6X2jkuGTrD+HHOtE+9zo3cLQ1IZ6iJFAsVCzHL1m/Yq9/bZWhrgX8hEMso+ALKXK75YA=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    }
]