MAL-2026-15544

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/sentrykit/MAL-2026-15544.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15544
Aliases
  • GHSA-qq6h-882h-g88f
Published
2026-08-28T23:17:48Z
Modified
2026-08-29T18:45:18.009375769Z
Summary
Malicious code in sentrykit (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (7070cc1752fa75b405bdd0617a934d29519df28fdd0d069c0d4b5f7adaf44f55)

package.json declares a self-referential dependency where the key sentrykit maps to the bare HTTPS URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/sentrykit instead of a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it, running any lifecycle scripts contained in the fetched artifact. The source is unpinned, integrity-unchecked, and not the official npm registry; the shipped package body is a one-line stub, so the manifest itself is the entire delivery mechanism. The dependency key equals the package's own name and the version constraint (30.0.0) is implausibly high for a package of this size, matching the dependency-confusion smuggling shape where a high version number is used to win resolution against an internal package of the same name. Whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com controls code executed on the installer's machine at install time.

Source: ghsa-malware (6c9fcf70e683c61783b7bb2bd15645d130e85889507fc4c13133cf8544f464d0)

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-2026-019111",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "import_time": "2026-08-28T23:38:06.475142555Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-28T23:17:48Z",
            "sha256": "7070cc1752fa75b405bdd0617a934d29519df28fdd0d069c0d4b5f7adaf44f55",
            "versions": [
                "30.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-qq6h-882h-g88f",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "modified_time": "2026-08-29T18:13:37Z",
            "import_time": "2026-08-29T18:26:29.98222335Z",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "sha256": "6c9fcf70e683c61783b7bb2bd15645d130e85889507fc4c13133cf8544f464d0"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / sentrykit

Package

Name
sentrykit
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/sentrykit

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

30.*
30.0.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "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",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "sentrykit-30.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-RHVe0leVAHBfo8v2Pm1mlo6IE654pUjD7RXJDtUDnPdXqCc1u/HCryjNtzw9+5aK2H9/5RwKfMM3C9oF7qTLYA==",
                "sha1": "db940323982c55a0f67d672e4e2baee9db50fbe3"
            }
        }
    ],
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "f7e0c26449b1573312da03731839c597f3119e5b1404bd0de2cf0518428edf368f935c",
            "sha256": "65f6705e83e398e879f4769fe4207fd162acff160dfdd6cc755011bdc61672cb"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/sentrykit/MAL-2026-15544.json"