MAL-2026-2617

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/upstartautoretailadmin/MAL-2026-2617.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2617
Aliases
  • GHSA-5vc6-vrhq-w4h9
Published
2026-04-12T10:45:47Z
Modified
2026-04-23T21:18:58.231750Z
Summary
Malicious code in upstartautoretailadmin (npm)
Details

Package is malware. Collects sensitive info (SSH keys, AWS creds, bash history, system info), executes commands, & exfiltrates data to a remote server.

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Source: amazon-inspector (9edbed871d1889b053bc8348b33250ffc9a92979323ecb9133d379e2e3836c2d)

The package upstartautoretailadmin was found to contain malicious code.

Source: ghsa-malware (7e2e75e1fc7c5d93987dc0cf2bb562ce91a47b25ccec3ec2e0403e81551d51cd)

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": [
        {
            "id": "GHSA-5vc6-vrhq-w4h9",
            "sha256": "7e2e75e1fc7c5d93987dc0cf2bb562ce91a47b25ccec3ec2e0403e81551d51cd",
            "import_time": "2026-04-13T15:46:23.948738239Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-13T15:33:48Z"
        },
        {
            "import_time": "2026-04-23T20:49:06.085236714Z",
            "sha256": "9edbed871d1889b053bc8348b33250ffc9a92979323ecb9133d379e2e3836c2d",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-23T20:43:56Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / upstartautoretailadmin

Package

Name
upstartautoretailadmin
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Purl
pkg:npm/upstartautoretailadmin

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/upstartautoretailadmin/MAL-2026-2617.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]