MAL-2026-15611

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/mn4xcouzvhus/MAL-2026-15611.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15611
Published
2026-08-26T14:55:09Z
Modified
2026-08-31T18:31:21Z
Summary
Malicious code in mn4xcouzvhus (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 "johnvaldez9a" 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.

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Source: amazon-inspector (00712e4c2e9e454cac83146be7d5bc22c4bb3ea6bba959ca1251db007cf6a5b0)

The package was found to contain malicious code or consuming dependency that contains malicious code

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-019259",
            "import_time": "2026-08-31T18:22:27.062997203Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-31T17:55:52Z",
            "sha256": "00712e4c2e9e454cac83146be7d5bc22c4bb3ea6bba959ca1251db007cf6a5b0",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / mn4xcouzvhus

Package

Name
mn4xcouzvhus
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Purl
pkg:npm/mn4xcouzvhus

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "mn4xcouzvhus-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "dfa94c9be009d2f148ba8a512e2e082081e675b1",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-lwBnen9rBakpcDxJhCz7xc858LrdDR4gR5M9C/55zoVP7NFwJS304T98giTd3FwG5GVwcK89uwTUw+iyBK7yNw=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
iocs 
{
    "domains": [
        "api.keyval.org"
    ],
    "files": [
        {
            "digests": {
                "sha256": "65f29a2c9b23576cb9296027bdc41ddafae69a2edc153cde713209b19365c26c"
            },
            "note": "Fake Cloudflare Turnstile page bundled as the package's main entry (from v1.0.0, the latest published version)",
            "paths": [
                "index.html"
            ],
            "source": "PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/mn4xcouzvhus/MAL-2026-15611.json"