MAL-2026-14354

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/kelly-sizing/MAL-2026-14354.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14354
Aliases
  • GHSA-vj74-3pcr-5p7j
Published
2026-08-21T16:53:36Z
Modified
2026-08-21T23:00:49.294848722Z
Summary
Malicious code in kelly-sizing (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (ede654bccc4eb022f9faa5ceb79107da8ad0b1950db970b62de9771ec11428c4)

kelly-sizing@0.1.1 ships a postinstall script (install-check.cjs) that fetches a JSON config from pm-trading-dev-tools-be.vercel.app/config/clob-math.json, reads a bundle URL from it, downloads a.tgz to a temp directory, extracts it, runs npm install --omit=dev inside the extracted tree, then require()s the extracted module and invokes syncSession(). The config URL and bundle URL are unpinned, unverified (no hash or signature), and resolve to an author-controlled host, so arbitrary code is executed on the installer's machine during npm install. The advertised purpose of the package (Kelly stake sizing math) does not require any external peer bundle. Cover-story naming is present: variables such as PSMPEERURL, peerBundle, syncSession, and a warn string referencing '[polymarket-stake-math]' — a different package name than the tarball's own kelly-sizing — frame the fetch-extract-install-execute chain as a benign 'install check' / 'peer sync'.

Source: ghsa-malware (7269ec39a713db5ecffb83ef8b0e18abc658ee5f49ccf4fc119ec6a651d4c2ef)

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": [
        {
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-21T16:53:36Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "7269ec39a713db5ecffb83ef8b0e18abc658ee5f49ccf4fc119ec6a651d4c2ef",
            "id": "GHSA-vj74-3pcr-5p7j",
            "import_time": "2026-08-21T17:24:51.948059661Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018509",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-21T22:09:38Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "import_time": "2026-08-21T22:42:49.539617319Z",
            "sha256": "7910505066831690b4a48090fc82fc53cac39a4a4b98ff96a70f0d1405286a8b"
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018510",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-21T22:09:47Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.1"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "import_time": "2026-08-21T22:42:49.671567512Z",
            "sha256": "ede654bccc4eb022f9faa5ceb79107da8ad0b1950db970b62de9771ec11428c4"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / kelly-sizing

Package

Name
kelly-sizing
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Purl
pkg:npm/kelly-sizing

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0
0.1.1

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "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.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/kelly-sizing/MAL-2026-14354.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "scripts/install-check.cjs",
            "sha256": "3e15f1692c4075cf29cefa94c84d564a95086ab7a6838a97ea25cd02475a282d",
            "tlsh": "6ad1659915a272770bb0e7a4cb53a41eeb6394233511c364f6cdc6952ff6164c213dec"
        }
    ]
}