MAL-2026-15604

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@worrisome/reutil/MAL-2026-15604.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15604
Published
2026-08-26T14:55:09Z
Modified
2026-08-31T07:15:14.130970972Z
Summary
Malicious code in @worrisome/reutil (npm)
Details

Published as part of a ClickFix-style fake-CAPTCHA phishing campaign documented by OX Security (see reference). The package's only file is index.html, declared as the npm "main" entry; package.json defines no preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare lifecycle script, so the payload does not execute at npm install time. index.html renders a fake Cloudflare Turnstile verification widget. An obfuscator.io-obfuscated inline script POSTs a hardcoded per-package "hostKey" to https://api.keyval.org/get, receives a base64-encoded IV:ciphertext pair, decrypts it client-side via the Web Crypto API (AES-CTR) using an embedded key to obtain a redirect URL, appends the visitor's original query-string parameters, and navigates the browser there via window.location.replace(). This "dead drop" design lets the operator change the phishing destination for every package sharing a hostKey without republishing to npm; OX Security observed keyval.org-served destinations including a typosquatted Microsoft login page and, at time of writing, a ChatGPT redirect. The package therefore does not attack the installing machine directly; it is used as a static file host on the npm CDN (e.g. unpkg/jsDelivr) so the index.html can be linked to and opened directly in a victim's browser as a phishing/ClickFix landing page. Published by npm user "cattishly" as part of a burst of near-identical single-purpose packages published between 2026-08-04 and 2026-08-24 that share this same fake-Turnstile-redirect page structure.

References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @worrisome/reutil

Package

Name
@worrisome/reutil
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40worrisome/reutil

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0
1.0.1
1.0.2
1.0.3

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@worrisome/reutil/MAL-2026-15604.json"
iocs
{
    "files": [
        {
            "note": "Fake Cloudflare Turnstile page bundled as the package's main entry (from v1.0.3, the latest published version)",
            "source": "PACKAGE_ARCHIVE",
            "digests": {
                "sha256": "f30a70e86f5aaf756b804cfbd337be56c785398e8b2bd1829bbbd680edae3f85"
            },
            "paths": [
                "index.html"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "domains": [
        "api.keyval.org"
    ]
}