MAL-2026-15516

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/nx-app/MAL-2026-15516.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15516
Published
2026-08-28T23:11:23Z
Modified
2026-08-28T23:31:36.961013042Z
Summary
Malicious code in nx-app (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (8671a9b563cebe9de36365a80edc1f242be492933cadb3e45ea590c8c5e1e115)

package.json declares its own name nx-app as a dependency whose value is a raw HTTPS URL (https://repo.securityctrl.com/nx-app) rather than a semver range against the npm registry. On npm install, npm fetches a tarball from that URL and runs any lifecycle scripts it contains, with no version pin, no integrity hash, and no signature check. Whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com controls code executed on the installer's machine at install time. The self-referential dependency key (matching the package's own name) is a dependency-confusion shape that forces resolution to the off-registry URL even when a registry-hosted nx-app exists, and the shipped in-tree source is an inert stub so the manifest URL is the sole payload delivery vector.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-019067",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-28T23:11:23Z",
            "import_time": "2026-08-28T23:14:35.806171464Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "8671a9b563cebe9de36365a80edc1f242be492933cadb3e45ea590c8c5e1e115",
            "versions": [
                "9999.0.0-security-test"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / nx-app

Package

Name
nx-app
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Purl
pkg:npm/nx-app

Affected ranges

Affected versions

9999.*
9999.0.0-security-test

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "nx-app-9999.0.0-security-test.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-axRylTiLa8ZO0M2S7OW08X+FMyuqaPgTTD70PFW0xewFHic/fz8JC1Th3iXMT7gv7GPa84jNk5pr1XCYLxatKQ==",
                "sha1": "f9aa6920f0b5b07280705626fe37ae347a85b24a"
            }
        }
    ],
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "39e0c2294f52127306cb126b483d946773228fab14047c0a96cb041c955d9b77df929c",
            "sha256": "ce518e40fd9305176294ce52bafefaf7975cbed9336636b484591714ddc89d96"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/nx-app/MAL-2026-15516.json"