MAL-2026-15513

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/katal-logger/MAL-2026-15513.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15513
Aliases
  • GHSA-f2rf-58x5-5f6w
Published
2026-08-28T23:13:52Z
Modified
2026-08-29T18:45:17Z
Summary
Malicious code in katal-logger (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (8ff7c110d8766d130db16799f1875e420bdaba20866624b593a209ace7a49d6a)

package.json declares a dependency whose value is a bare HTTPS URL (https://repo.securityctrl.com/katal-logger) instead of a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever bytes that URL currently returns and installs them as the package, executing any lifecycle scripts contained inside. There is no version pin, no integrity/hash check, and the host is unrelated to the npm registry, so control over repo.securityctrl.com equates to code execution on the installing machine. The dependency key equals the package's own name (dependency-confusion shape) and the shipped index.js is an inert stub, so the manifest line is the entire delivery mechanism — the absence of scripts in this tarball does not mitigate the fetch.

Source: ghsa-malware (93168a739fee242d09374c68954a4efd5aa8633c2e61772d1289078fb555bef1)

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": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-019084",
            "import_time": "2026-08-28T23:14:37.179473641Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-28T23:13:52Z",
            "sha256": "8ff7c110d8766d130db16799f1875e420bdaba20866624b593a209ace7a49d6a",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "45.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-f2rf-58x5-5f6w",
            "import_time": "2026-08-29T18:26:29.958357706Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-29T18:13:48Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "93168a739fee242d09374c68954a4efd5aa8633c2e61772d1289078fb555bef1",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / katal-logger

Package

Name
katal-logger
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/katal-logger

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

45.*
45.0.0

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"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "ce8862b0ce2c8068ca3ae58c4852e2e4ec03c9e6f203a26cb02d2f4e66d6daed",
            "tlsh": "2ae0c2244e19527306ca41622c3e895773998fdf20047c1a92df651cc18d6b3b9fe35e"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "katal-logger-45.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "b81a3671ecfd56d829290b0223fb3a875c98738d",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-iB/Fn2SwLT0jn8Yz35/f474GuuV1WUFEx0J02x0Et2VjoNe0CjaCXq+umUuTdqQcIkf4irjCFwNSRVMeHiyXYQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/katal-logger/MAL-2026-15513.json"