MAL-2026-2128

See a problem?
Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/express-session-vailidator/MAL-2026-2128.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2128
Aliases
  • GHSA-hqj8-x2vp-mrp9
Published
2026-03-24T13:31:41Z
Modified
2026-03-31T03:23:32.139347Z
Summary
Malicious code in express-session-vailidator (npm)
Details

-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-

Source: amazon-inspector (559c32a7f4713a1d785b35766355cf1a29ef437a0dc8e5285b980c9611175cff)

The package express-session-vailidator was found to contain malicious code.

Source: ghsa-malware (04a939e23b0cd80858cb27d11efed19117753cc80d8fb9992c44f045f18cc436)

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 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-24T13:31:42Z",
            "id": "GHSA-hqj8-x2vp-mrp9",
            "import_time": "2026-03-24T13:49:12.532131278Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "04a939e23b0cd80858cb27d11efed19117753cc80d8fb9992c44f045f18cc436"
        },
        {
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-03-31T02:07:58Z",
            "import_time": "2026-03-31T03:10:14.089093799Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "559c32a7f4713a1d785b35766355cf1a29ef437a0dc8e5285b980c9611175cff"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / express-session-vailidator

Package

Name
express-session-vailidator
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/express-session-vailidator

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/express-session-vailidator/MAL-2026-2128.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]