MAL-2026-2499

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/nerite-security-audit/MAL-2026-2499.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2499
Published
2026-04-06T09:23:07Z
Modified
2026-04-07T14:54:40Z
Summary
Malicious code in nerite-security-audit (npm)
Details

Collects and exfiltrates sensitive data (env vars, SSH keys, keystores, history) via HTTPS and DNS. Suspicious domain and disabled SSL validation.

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Source: amazon-inspector (87776a4e480d244c862e76238cd498aa49bd919403dad6de21a85326d6b451ed)

The package nerite-security-audit was found to contain malicious code.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-04-07T14:39:15.250893139Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-07T14:24:50Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "87776a4e480d244c862e76238cd498aa49bd919403dad6de21a85326d6b451ed",
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / nerite-security-audit

Package

Name
nerite-security-audit
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Purl
pkg:npm/nerite-security-audit

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/nerite-security-audit/MAL-2026-2499.json"