MAL-2026-17429

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ai-workshop-radio-lambda/MAL-2026-17429.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-17429
Published
2026-09-30T07:11:21Z
Modified
2026-10-04T23:45:16Z
Summary
Malicious code in ai-workshop-radio-lambda (npm)
Details

ai-workshop-radio-lambda is a dependency-confusion package: it takes a name that looks like an internal project, uses an inflated version (100.0.0) so it outranks private-registry versions, and runs node setup.js || true as a preinstall script on npm install. setup.js sends the hostname, username, working directory, OS, architecture, Node.js version and configured npm registry, with a per-package tracking token, in an HTTPS POST to https://s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/hook. The npm account amel10 published ai-workshop-radio-lambda and 9 similar packages within two minutes on 2026-09-30, all with the same setup.js.

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Source: amazon-inspector (c626f28127d1b54e624e5dc670ae6a87aadcc7776de72d3597a16e9c0fa2b48f)

The package declares a preinstall lifecycle script (node setup.js) that runs automatically on npm install. setup.js collects installer-identifying data — os.hostname(), os.userInfo().username, process.cwd(), process.platform, process.arch, Node version, and the configured npm registry — and POSTs it together with a hardcoded static token to https://s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/hook. The package's advertised functionality is a trivial add-two-numbers utility that has no legitimate need for host reconnaissance or outbound network activity at install time. The package name (ai-workshop-radio-lambda) and implausibly high version (100.0.0) are consistent with a dependency-confusion lure designed to win resolution against an internal package of the same name.

Database specific 
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    "iocs":  {
        "domains":  [
            "s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
        ],
        "files":  [
            {
                "digests":  {
                    "sha256":  "51fae3eb51bf92d55b6d12a19563a75451f21319a29a016c763bfc2bc21d1423"
                },
                "note":  "preinstall: node setup.js || true",
                "paths":  [
                    "package.json"
                ],
                "source":  "PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"
            },
            {
                "digests":  {
                    "sha256":  "7e3caecc4c166166790b5b83c8480afe5485a01b6c9f43a7b50f917ccf99991f"
                },
                "note":  "Executed by the preinstall script.",
                "paths":  [
                    "setup.js"
                ],
                "source":  "PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"
            }
        ],
        "urls":  [
            "https://s85r5k14qk.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/prod/hook"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-020905",
            "import_time":  "2026-10-04T23:40:40.462642931Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-10-04T23:17:29Z",
            "sha256":  "c626f28127d1b54e624e5dc670ae6a87aadcc7776de72d3597a16e9c0fa2b48f",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "100.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / ai-workshop-radio-lambda

Package

Name
ai-workshop-radio-lambda
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Purl
pkg:npm/ai-workshop-radio-lambda

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

100.*
100.0.0

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"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files":  [
        {
            "path":  "setup.js",
            "sha256":  "7e3caecc4c166166790b5b83c8480afe5485a01b6c9f43a7b50f917ccf99991f",
            "tlsh":  "c301f4f495e0d5b53abc61c4f290784b93b7d014340779e0c8e891517f85bf809328f2"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity":  [
        {
            "filename":  "ai-workshop-radio-lambda-100.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes":  {
                "sha1":  "363abedba2a2fcde9f4c5e61a8cdb60a9bcac683",
                "sha512_sri":  "sha512-XM6UHX4/chVNvbOXAML456BJgPN271ZbyMQoNHYU+DcNeTpNKZ0k/P6eQG9DWn+9OuR56ullxWRIkQD0StDAIA=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/ai-workshop-radio-lambda/MAL-2026-17429.json"