MAL-2026-15969

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/array-frames/MAL-2026-15969.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-15969
Aliases
  • GHSA-24hx-4mc8-g9q7
Published
2026-09-06T03:02:27Z
Modified
2026-09-09T03:00:06Z
Summary
Malicious code in array-frames (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (dd9461945c1bccc858c52f79e13624b33fb8cdfc37c889de48907b8464779063)

The npm package array-frames@2.3.6 advertises a trivial array chunking utility but ships an obfuscator.io-wrapped payload as its main module. On require(), a top-level IIFE in array-frames.js creates a hidden directory under os.homedir(), writes a decoded main.js and a synthetic package.json declaring dependencies on axios, better-sqlite3, node-machine-id, socket.io-client (plus ffi-napi on win32), spawns npm install in that directory via process.execPath, and then launches the staged payload detached with unref(). On Windows the dropper additionally writes a.vbs shim and, when %WINDIR%\system32\wscript.exe is present, launches the payload through wscript.exe with windowsHide:true and detached:true to survive parent-process exit and hide the window; it falls back to a detached node launch otherwise. The staged main.js is itself a second nested obfuscator.io program. The package impersonates Blake Embrey's node-frames/array-frames utility — README badges and install instructions point at npmjs.org/package/node-frames and github.com/blakeembrey/node-frames, package.json reuses the author identity hello@blakeembrey.com, and dependencies self-reference "array-frames":"^2.3.6" — none of which matches the actual obfuscated dropper body.

Source: ghsa-malware (38a4bbd8beafd75d94c96dc4a3b5e3149b363dcf9d5ad0fb1ce2342a1af3846a)

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Database specific 
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            "id":  "GHSA-24hx-4mc8-g9q7",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-07T01:51:48.363156Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-06T03:02:27Z",
            "ranges":  [
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                    "type":  "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256":  "38a4bbd8beafd75d94c96dc4a3b5e3149b363dcf9d5ad0fb1ce2342a1af3846a",
            "source":  "ghsa-malware"
        },
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-019678",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-08T19:15:04.054616023Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-08T19:07:57Z",
            "sha256":  "79d45459671e3ac7b47fd25cc4e031daabe122d4224c9a055da5ada6ce296fd8",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
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            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-019680",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-08T19:15:04.140025003Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-08T19:08:15Z",
            "sha256":  "dd9461945c1bccc858c52f79e13624b33fb8cdfc37c889de48907b8464779063",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "2.3.6"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-019765",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-09T02:44:23.764062234Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-09T02:42:33Z",
            "sha256":  "1db2684d5171691dd1ccd3a95cf67db9bdbcb0e3000e74fb2808449cf1260498",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "2.3.2"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-019767",
            "import_time":  "2026-09-09T02:44:23.848591107Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-09T02:42:51Z",
            "sha256":  "4b8c069353885ee778b0cf6ed6bca1131f5278013b7deb397371269039c18c69",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
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        },
        {
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            "import_time":  "2026-09-09T02:44:23.806868209Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-09-09T02:42:40Z",
            "sha256":  "77d057e9025ca61e304f1ddf9bf818322ec2a1b9ceb00cfc43e333a38eb98e02",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
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        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / array-frames

Package

Name
array-frames
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/array-frames

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6

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"
    },
    {
        "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"
    },
    {
        "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":  "array-frames.js",
            "sha256":  "f3d496832faa4c9007369d07bf68003d8a86b23d17dc06e57e5a0682fc7231e1",
            "tlsh":  "c852b54c2e16b0b4328975232b2668c5d4758f40febb81d8f2ca2c5cfd456a0f5f6a68"
        },
        {
            "path":  "README.md",
            "sha256":  "d5bb724b2123e07571d26ec0c6a7e73305ac3795351602f2b8fd068738fbffc9",
            "tlsh":  "90117f6f0330492f0b5322af6d6d64b6ef026c1f72c5c5469c208bbee1962c261e1b8d"
        },
        {
            "path":  "package.json",
            "sha256":  "76c5410dca8fd7b9f948c042f195491d1507a4164fa5219f1fa13fcb6978075c",
            "tlsh":  "ef017625cc305e7309e91aa21c650242ba61ac47a829fe49378f4b4c0b0d2f724fea5d"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/array-frames/MAL-2026-15969.json"