MAL-2026-15514

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/mintel-taskbar/MAL-2026-15514.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15514
Aliases
  • GHSA-x2qj-v4rx-3phv
Published
2026-08-28T23:12:41Z
Modified
2026-08-29T18:45:14Z
Summary
Malicious code in mintel-taskbar (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (5ebda78171ac8816c0e350f84923af0bad54c075f91cfcc1a7bcc26d36674c4f)

package.json line 11 declares the package's own name 'mintel-taskbar' as a dependency whose source is the bare HTTPS URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/mintel-taskbar, not a registry version range. On npm install, npm resolves this dependency by fetching whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it — running any lifecycle scripts inside the fetched tarball — with no version pin and no integrity check. Whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com therefore controls code executed on every installer's machine. The self-referential shape (dependency key equals the package's own name) combined with an implausibly high version (45.0.0) is consistent with a dependency-confusion lure that resolves against an internal package of the same name.

Source: ghsa-malware (65717d8aaf23cf00be48530362252633c138518d07ae7f3d211db73832d6e5d7)

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-2026-019076",
            "import_time": "2026-08-28T23:14:36.537609262Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-28T23:12:41Z",
            "sha256": "5ebda78171ac8816c0e350f84923af0bad54c075f91cfcc1a7bcc26d36674c4f",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "45.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-x2qj-v4rx-3phv",
            "import_time": "2026-08-29T18:26:29.991630595Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-29T18:13:38Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "65717d8aaf23cf00be48530362252633c138518d07ae7f3d211db73832d6e5d7",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / mintel-taskbar

Package

Name
mintel-taskbar
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/mintel-taskbar

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": "41674a5ecbc39cad80a66fc0eb6543bafe0a4892e397d60f007cd126dd277f1a",
            "tlsh": "cde026504b1003332ac910860cf940177b504f2b08443d0557cb1528c68c9b368ff26d"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "mintel-taskbar-45.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "58f253a22db3f6cea13acc2cf72e4a5dbf309141",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-U2nQxPePQcGcdOFMNuy7IoOsSXklYH59xruIDpeeUjfWNlLDv5KXcRelyfA01+TVTw2Os+GkxRmBwQZPESfo6g=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/mintel-taskbar/MAL-2026-15514.json"