MAL-2026-2828

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/express-security-policy/MAL-2026-2828.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-2828
Published
2026-04-17T06:20:31Z
Modified
2026-04-23T21:15:54.638807Z
Summary
Malicious code in express-security-policy (npm)
Details

Package is malicious. It exfiltrates user/host info to a remote server with obfuscation, delayed execution, and error suppression via preinstall script.

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Source: amazon-inspector (b6a22332738d28f17374f25779f366449fef27b73ddc233b72db8b19c50764e2)

The package express-security-policy was found to contain malicious code.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-04-23T20:49:12.079742206Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-04-23T20:43:56Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "type": "SEMVER",
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "b6a22332738d28f17374f25779f366449fef27b73ddc233b72db8b19c50764e2",
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / express-security-policy

Package

Name
express-security-policy
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Purl
pkg:npm/express-security-policy

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/express-security-policy/MAL-2026-2828.json"