MAL-2026-15901

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/net-util-y8/MAL-2026-15901.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15901
Published
2026-09-04T03:46:33Z
Modified
2026-09-04T04:30:05Z
Summary
Malicious code in net-util-y8 (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (d1e81ce327647324756e0ea15d1016d45cd5bb092dd0099418ba2db59eca98a7)

The package has no real functionality: index.js contains only an empty comment and package.json declares no exports or lifecycle scripts. The description field in package.json is a ~56KB base64 blob that decodes to a ~42KB POSIX shell script implementing an XMRig Monero miner dropper. The decoded script preflights curl/wget/openssl and perl (installing them via the system package manager with root privileges if missing), fetches XMRig binaries from gitlab.com/albertotrindade131/al and a ghfast.top proxy in front of github.com/lucas77335/xmrig-amd releases, points the miner at the pool xmr.kryptex.network:8029 with a hardcoded Monero wallet address (883kAB7Ufo...gBCFH), and includes routines to kill competing miners and mask its process name. The script also references a sibling package net-util-x7 and a registry-latest lookup at registry.npmjs.org/cbc97b7a/latest, indicating this is a staging component of a multi-package cryptomining campaign. Encoding an executable payload inside the manifest description field is a smuggling technique to keep the payload off code-scanning paths while still shipping it in the published tarball.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-019458",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-04T04:21:21.252095623Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-04T03:46:33Z",
            "sha256":  "d1e81ce327647324756e0ea15d1016d45cd5bb092dd0099418ba2db59eca98a7",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "1.1788432509.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / net-util-y8

Package

Name
net-util-y8
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Purl
pkg:npm/net-util-y8

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.1788432509.0

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId":  "CWE-506",
        "description":  "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name":  "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files":  [
        {
            "path":  "package.json",
            "sha256":  "6559f7a385676256d43cc624e79dbb704edf15c1d6832568a39f5f5d2608398d",
            "tlsh":  "f84318b7dd473e0d8b29a4121ddf09d95e0d238f307240cfa65bbb49511f1aeaac41aa"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity":  [
        {
            "filename":  "net-util-y8-1.1788432509.0.tgz",
            "hashes":  {
                "sha1":  "d21b5dc29107c119ba0ef3311402d07cf762ffd2",
                "sha512_sri":  "sha512-FvnDMun9V+7IkOzv5sZahVvKh0OgZd2EBk7h/JiKL0aI3zczdZwV3fDQfSrLYIL5pP9OdmZW17wA66Qpywx7mA=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/net-util-y8/MAL-2026-15901.json"