MAL-2026-2653

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/pinlogger/MAL-2026-2653.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2653
Aliases
  • GHSA-fw76-452q-hgcm
Published
2026-04-12T06:43:45Z
Modified
2026-04-23T21:17:14.815328Z
Summary
Malicious code in pinlogger (npm)
Details

The package is a malware due to system info exfiltration via DNS/HTTPS to OAST domains and arbitrary code execution during preinstall.

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Source: amazon-inspector (5e78bb72f47ecca78511d87a17bea5f38fb4897dbc117433dfd7667cd97a51d0)

The package pinlogger was found to contain malicious code.

Source: ghsa-malware (5663e32aca9a8f0fbdd9aabce904ee9af6f6471b0ba7199abe670e8858fb3fc6)

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": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-04-14T11:47:19Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "5663e32aca9a8f0fbdd9aabce904ee9af6f6471b0ba7199abe670e8858fb3fc6",
            "id": "GHSA-fw76-452q-hgcm",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "import_time": "2026-04-14T12:39:12.84380665Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-04-23T20:43:56Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "5e78bb72f47ecca78511d87a17bea5f38fb4897dbc117433dfd7667cd97a51d0",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "import_time": "2026-04-23T20:49:13.434981648Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / pinlogger

Package

Name
pinlogger
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Purl
pkg:npm/pinlogger

Affected ranges

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

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506"
    }
]
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/pinlogger/MAL-2026-2653.json"