MAL-2026-15689

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/lil-swisgom-hlepers/MAL-2026-15689.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15689
Published
2026-08-24T16:57:41Z
Modified
2026-09-04T01:00:04.780275459Z
Summary
Malicious code in lil-swisgom-hlepers (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (75aeaaa8ef6f56423bf517d9ff21cfed3a682701f306103f068b948e330f03db)

package.json declares a dependency lil-swisgom-hlepers-core whose version specifier is a direct tarball URL on a third-party host (https://registry.grivy-packages.com/lil-swisgom-hlepers-core/-/lil-swisgom-hlepers-core-49.9.9.tgz) rather than a version resolved from the npm registry. On npm install, npm downloads and installs the arbitrary tarball from that host into the installer's dependency tree, bypassing npm registry review and scanning; any code the tarball ships (including install lifecycle scripts and module-load side effects) then runs on the installer's machine. The package name itself is a misspelling (hlepers for helpers), consistent with a typosquat lure funneling installers into pulling attacker-hosted tarball content.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "sha256": "48bf599d7e976dd083e7ce4db9b65a513292caf083fababbf12ef96014eeec8b",
            "id": "RLMA-2026-06305",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-24T16:57:41Z",
            "source": "reversing-labs",
            "import_time": "2026-09-01T11:17:32.136537547Z",
            "versions": [
                "49.9.9"
            ]
        },
        {
            "sha256": "75aeaaa8ef6f56423bf517d9ff21cfed3a682701f306103f068b948e330f03db",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-019395",
            "modified_time": "2026-09-03T23:51:46Z",
            "import_time": "2026-09-04T00:45:55.591716668Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "49.9.9"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / lil-swisgom-hlepers

Package

Name
lil-swisgom-hlepers
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Purl
pkg:npm/lil-swisgom-hlepers

Affected ranges

Affected versions

49.*
49.9.9

Database specific

indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "9e78e0fc95f06634d0893ef56649eb89a3b1a4edbec9bf5deaf9bd727944e458",
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "1401211299624f33a5818d5024c102c92ad68b4b038c7c86a283012d22bafafa4fb19d"
        }
    ]
}
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/lil-swisgom-hlepers/MAL-2026-15689.json"