MAL-2026-15565

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@testrelic/playwright-analytics/MAL-2026-15565.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15565
Published
2026-08-29T03:00:52Z
Modified
2026-09-09T15:32:41Z
Summary
Malicious code in @testrelic/playwright-analytics (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (c305bbe247587c98b06f039cdcf78066dbcd4fdacf5a5de0411023c2a4fcc97a)

scripts/postinstall.cjs is registered as the package's postinstall lifecycle script and runs automatically on npm install. After a block of legitimate-looking config-scaffolding code, the file contains roughly 7 KB of whitespace padding followed by an obfuscated payload that reconstructs a large string via a custom Fisher–Yates shuffle, resolves the String constructor property (Function) to avoid any literal Function/eval token, and invokes Function('', decodedBody)(decodedArg). Immediately before the invocation the script assigns require, module, __dirname, and __filename onto the global object so the decoded body can load arbitrary Node built-ins. The whitespace gap conceals the payload from casual review of the file, and the indirection through String[constructor] avoids the literal tokens static reviewers grep for. The bundled dist/index.cjs, dist/reporter-entry.cjs, and dist/cli.cjs additionally contain require('child_process') alongside outbound HTTP POST call sites and ping invocations. The package's declared identity (a Playwright analytics reporter under an unfamiliar @testrelic scope) is inconsistent with shipping an obfuscated postinstall dynamic-code loader.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-019149",
            "import_time":  "2026-08-29T03:19:44.702034358Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-08-29T03:00:52Z",
            "sha256":  "c305bbe247587c98b06f039cdcf78066dbcd4fdacf5a5de0411023c2a4fcc97a",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "2.13.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-019859",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-09T15:17:29.272820006Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-09T14:52:15Z",
            "sha256":  "c01bb8ecaf4946871296af67761f20ece1b483de875b7460350c72a54e3876d3",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "2.12.1-next.88"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @testrelic/playwright-analytics

Package

Name
@testrelic/playwright-analytics
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40testrelic/playwright-analytics

Affected ranges

Affected versions

2.*
2.12.1-next.88
2.13.0

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":  "scripts/postinstall.cjs",
            "sha256":  "19795496ad752f37b76a2dd5d6c6a2914ab6fa62bda0bda7bfe5cd4afd9f029f",
            "tlsh":  "84127e555a8f573946e2e6c6d52e0363f673e2b6369ca3a0b0edf0c85b91010197368f"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity":  [
        {
            "filename":  "playwright-analytics-2.13.0.tgz",
            "hashes":  {
                "sha1":  "dc5200d7950f32305ec324c48170a9764e4534d7",
                "sha512_sri":  "sha512-sdKejYN3QLQHkj0HILr+UU9uFT60clNsKk33e0B85ODjySausezaa2ypIJ6Mo26j45y+02J/zIJei50jxMo1nQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@testrelic/playwright-analytics/MAL-2026-15565.json"