MAL-2026-2526

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/request-js-validator/MAL-2026-2526.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2526
Published
2026-04-06T16:07:02Z
Modified
2026-04-10T17:35:18.875272Z
Summary
Malicious code in request-js-validator (npm)
Details

Copy of 'request' library with injected payload. Spawns detached child process that fetches stage-2 and executes via new Function.constructor('require', payload). Same pattern as express-session-js.

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Source: amazon-inspector (2d5a657a9a3d02a6e081dad40434d93af76f1015495e2fddb11328d88f453063)

The package request-js-validator was found to contain malicious code.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-04-10T17:02:58Z",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.2"
            ],
            "sha256": "2d5a657a9a3d02a6e081dad40434d93af76f1015495e2fddb11328d88f453063",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "import_time": "2026-04-10T17:21:50.779095975Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / request-js-validator

Package

Name
request-js-validator
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Purl
pkg:npm/request-js-validator

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/request-js-validator/MAL-2026-2526.json"