MAL-2026-15542

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/paper-password-input/MAL-2026-15542.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15542
Published
2026-08-28T23:16:42Z
Modified
2026-08-28T23:45:13.942731287Z
Summary
Malicious code in paper-password-input (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (a97853ce25938b0cc295a798fa8c9ae8ab513126e70b93084785636a91bc7ec4)

package.json declares a dependency whose key equals the package's own name (paper-password-input) and whose value is a bare HTTPS URL, https://repo.securityctrl.com/paper-password-input, rather than a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever bytes are served at that URL with no version pin and no integrity check, and executes any lifecycle scripts inside the fetched tarball. The shipped index.js is an inert stub, so the manifest itself is the entire published surface — whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com can deliver arbitrary code to every installer, and the self-named dependency shape is consistent with a dependency-confusion lure targeting an internal package name.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-019103",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-28T23:16:42Z",
            "import_time": "2026-08-28T23:38:05.712817187Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "a97853ce25938b0cc295a798fa8c9ae8ab513126e70b93084785636a91bc7ec4",
            "versions": [
                "45.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / paper-password-input

Package

Name
paper-password-input
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Purl
pkg:npm/paper-password-input

Affected ranges

Affected versions

45.*
45.0.0

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": "paper-password-input-45.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-c7ZlPv2BnMY+/GA4clQ0OEPOO86bjvqmaRRYmdUkTJbsz8/gpYh4BdXvHxGfnsDP7uhxY7M1TR05JhZwoUadIg==",
                "sha1": "d221ef48c889e3d74f026497da7ab5c8861a132c"
            }
        }
    ],
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "d9e026308a14263701c559624879401372118f1f00443c0653e7535cd11f9f3adfe76e",
            "sha256": "1f9e2591c5a9fea94306810378b4fb23b3cfa991749c5bbdf526a11687415d36"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/paper-password-input/MAL-2026-15542.json"