MAL-2026-14393

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/sm-admin/MAL-2026-14393.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-14393
Aliases
  • GHSA-9jm5-rh3f-jr86
Published
2026-08-23T18:50:33Z
Modified
2026-08-24T16:46:06.030534932Z
Summary
Malicious code in sm-admin (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (fa2741ebbd0df8c6f349a4d34361cc3d814fe878f3f4521fd771a855cfdc152b)

Package sm-admin@99.0.0 defines preinstall and postinstall lifecycle scripts that issue plain-HTTP GET requests to a hardcoded bare-IP endpoint at http://16.192.173.5/sm-admin/pre and http://16.192.173.5/sm-admin/post. Installing the package causes the installer host to contact this endpoint, revealing that the internal-sounding name 'sm-admin' resolved on that machine and disclosing the installer's source IP to the operator of that endpoint. The destination is a bare IPv4 over cleartext HTTP with no relationship to any publisher, and the elevated version number (99.0.0) together with the callback shape is characteristic of a dependency-confusion probe against a private-registry name. The endpoint is attacker-controlled and unauthenticated, so the response body served to preinstall/postinstall could change at any time.

Source: ghsa-malware (9efdf0c3a4056d3872a53dd455510ed3490ebacd6a71017b361f4395e690d894)

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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (80e0a34b4b727bd2f26180a0ef6bca6ca81e6dfa5b011ff320f07f37c2d9369c)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'sm-admin' @ 99.0.1 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-08-24T05:20:14.963256947Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-24T05:08:15Z",
            "versions": [
                "99.0.0"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-018615",
            "sha256": "fa2741ebbd0df8c6f349a4d34361cc3d814fe878f3f4521fd771a855cfdc152b"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-08-23T18:50:33Z",
            "versions": [
                "99.0.1"
            ],
            "sha256": "80e0a34b4b727bd2f26180a0ef6bca6ca81e6dfa5b011ff320f07f37c2d9369c",
            "import_time": "2026-08-24T05:47:55.039568922Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "9efdf0c3a4056d3872a53dd455510ed3490ebacd6a71017b361f4395e690d894",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2026-08-24T15:42:58Z",
            "id": "GHSA-9jm5-rh3f-jr86",
            "import_time": "2026-08-24T16:26:16.741891854Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / sm-admin

Package

Name
sm-admin
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/sm-admin

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

99.*
99.0.0
99.0.1

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"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/sm-admin/MAL-2026-14393.json"
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "78bb2c455fa6f5e23d2af9356dfa0c7c1ea7439924680507e7fe50d11f4c1c04",
            "tlsh": "b3c0809c0d14d7327bf857f5bd24d50875e1025020c35414c3930d71cf22258fd0fa26"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "783f1243c788007a305a6c28cf2aca59bad0a672",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-92RWsUo5h1p5w6d9UMIl7P/REuldZwqmQPM73stEyYeuelBOWw44Pbo8DzHLdLHNsRWQXnEp+54LMDVX9yVqzQ=="
            },
            "filename": "sm-admin-99.0.0.tgz"
        }
    ]
}