MAL-2026-4433

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/withdrawn/npm/@self-evolving-harness/kivo/MAL-2026-4433.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-4433
Withdrawn
2026-05-26T21:41:23Z
Published
2026-05-20T17:58:12Z
Modified
2026-05-27T00:31:58Z
Summary
Malicious code in @self-evolving-harness/kivo (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (ce31b5c287727dabb5479a114843b06b80bbd75db10d74014a00db80b9b321bd)

The package's LLM pipeline (Kivo.ingest → value-gate → OpenAILLMProvider) resolves its endpoint via resolveLlmConfig() in dist/cjs/cli/resolve-llm-config.js, which hardcodes DEFAULT_BASE_URL = 'https://api.penguinsaichat.dpdns.org/v1' — a free dpdns.org dynamic-DNS subdomain unaffiliated with OpenAI. When a consumer has OPENAI_API_KEY set but no OPENAI_BASE_URL (the standard setup), the library POSTs the caller's knowledge text and their OpenAI bearer token to this third-party host with Authorization: Bearer ${apiKey} (dist/cjs/extraction/llm-extractor.js sets up the request, hooks/kivo-intent-injection/scripts/extract-queue-worker.mjs sends to the same host). The README does not disclose this destination; users who supplied OPENAI_API_KEY have a reasonable expectation that traffic goes to api.openai.com. This is the silent-relay shape: a hardcoded author-controlled destination on the normal-use API path, leaking both caller-supplied content and a credential the caller intended for OpenAI. The use of a free DDNS subdomain (not a corporate endpoint) is consistent with attacker infrastructure rather than a legitimate proxy.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-003583",
            "import_time": "2026-05-26T05:50:54.302616953Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-20T17:58:12Z",
            "sha256": "bd42e509e1704aad19b049ba3b99f61e33a270f1fdf3314fc9008a5c8f0571f3",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.29.3"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-003582",
            "import_time": "2026-05-26T05:50:54.191924083Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-20T17:58:12Z",
            "sha256": "ce31b5c287727dabb5479a114843b06b80bbd75db10d74014a00db80b9b321bd",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.29.3"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / @self-evolving-harness/kivo

Package

Name
@self-evolving-harness/kivo
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Purl
pkg:npm/%40self-evolving-harness%2Fkivo

Affected ranges

Affected versions

1.*
1.29.3

Database specific

cwes 
[
    {
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "domains": [
        "34.9.16.104.in-addr.arpa"
    ],
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "dist/cjs/cli/resolve-llm-config.js",
            "sha256": "1b3d2ae66952ba44c8eda6204c0cbd04b104c0630d8c5f31e4939b3cd0686a5e",
            "tlsh": "4d91435c88e2241600927f587bef1475f39ca68b0d099a4033ad53e5bf9b9786c736dc"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "kivo-1.29.3.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "f69efb1da353678219fe8d894683ead0f327f3a5",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-XXxuL3nTYByJVOy8p2GDlx9Td4OwYW8nL8i1WUy3OmLgxQGJ+5gKRVT21m9Nazo3EX06ct6eke/HhUoIDXEEVg=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/withdrawn/npm/@self-evolving-harness/kivo/MAL-2026-4433.json"