MAL-2026-18621

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79/MAL-2026-18621.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-18621
Published
2026-11-02T09:44:21Z
Modified
2026-11-04T09:00:05Z
Summary
Malicious code in unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79 (npm)
Details

Part of a self-republishing campaign: generated names of the form -, each package shipping the same autopublish.js, which runs npm publish --access public to publish the package again. Self-replicating publication is the propagation step of a registry worm and fills the registry with copies. Version examined: 3.3.1; tarball SHA-256 9b1c0d601c4b827fd86f48aff1ab51a397ef52f5ccd42b4b03947234dcc2f891.

Credits

Affected packages

npm / unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79

Package

Name
unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79
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Purl
pkg:npm/unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79

Affected ranges

Affected versions

3.*
3.3.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79/MAL-2026-18621.json"