MAL-2026-2618

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/upstartdr/MAL-2026-2618.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2618
Aliases
  • GHSA-7vv7-22qp-3mj7
Published
2026-04-12T10:05:56Z
Modified
2026-04-23T21:18:55.828374Z
Summary
Malicious code in upstartdr (npm)
Details

Package is malware. It steals credentials, system info, and exfiltrates data to a remote server via a postinstall script. High confidence.

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Source: amazon-inspector (d6563c7981cb66eadd2e5e9afe7b2957682f62c767cdfbe4258048c628758525)

The package upstartdr was found to contain malicious code.

Source: ghsa-malware (56de133ae827b810b8df2dc0491bcb0a94d78fefc0a148b382f72ede67a3a04d)

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.

Source: ossf-package-analysis (6eb8bc38754abd1d12d677bcea56ca7680f3c899cebf4b948e39b6ee6fd8642a)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'upstartdr' @ 99.99.1 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-13T15:33:55Z",
            "id": "GHSA-7vv7-22qp-3mj7",
            "import_time": "2026-04-13T15:46:23.953578617Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "56de133ae827b810b8df2dc0491bcb0a94d78fefc0a148b382f72ede67a3a04d"
        },
        {
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "versions": [
                "99.99.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-04-20T00:43:19.112131453Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-12T10:05:56Z",
            "sha256": "6eb8bc38754abd1d12d677bcea56ca7680f3c899cebf4b948e39b6ee6fd8642a"
        },
        {
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "99.99.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-04-23T20:49:06.114174628Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-23T20:43:56Z",
            "sha256": "d6563c7981cb66eadd2e5e9afe7b2957682f62c767cdfbe4258048c628758525"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / upstartdr

Package

Name
upstartdr
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/upstartdr

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

99.*
99.99.1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/upstartdr/MAL-2026-2618.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]