MAL-2026-4489

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/auth0-templates-scripts/MAL-2026-4489.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-4489

Aliases

GHSA-748c-3f9q-294w

Published

2026-05-21T05:44:38Z

Modified

2026-06-10T15:31:27.764997199Z

Summary

Malicious code in auth0-templates-scripts (npm)

Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (1bc0f40b778be080e2a14dd0097ab772565cc570f5fd471f10e883f259be2db6)

Package name 'auth0-templates-scripts' impersonates the Auth0 (Okta) brand without affiliation. The author field is the placeholder 'OpenSource Contributor'. The main entry (index.js lines 2-6) silently require()s a co-named dependency auth0-templates-scripts-utils (^1.0.5) inside a try/catch that swallows all errors, then prints an 'integration framework initialized' message. This is a loader-shim pattern: the visible package is nearly empty while the auto-installed sibling — which is pulled into the installer's dependency tree on npm install and loaded on every require('auth0-templates-scripts') — carries the actual code, hidden from inspection of this tarball. The combination of brand-name impersonation, placeholder author metadata, and a silent error-swallowing shim that delegates execution to a co-named transitive is the canonical namespace-abuse dropper shape.

Source: ghsa-malware (9583cf803e4e0cce22f8387e99203a0f50f2353646209a045e71c96b322d738f)

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": [
        {
            "versions": [
                "80.0.4"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-003756",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-21T06:15:44Z",
            "sha256": "1bc0f40b778be080e2a14dd0097ab772565cc570f5fd471f10e883f259be2db6",
            "import_time": "2026-05-26T05:51:15.228486767Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "80.0.1"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-003749",
            "import_time": "2026-05-26T05:51:14.487478174Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-21T05:45:23Z",
            "sha256": "83d0e8b6d3b7847b1409fb341e749cfd75fe4b0445e0f11a5042817dde29287b",
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        },
        {
            "versions": [
                "80.0.4"
            ],
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-003757",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-21T06:17:54Z",
            "import_time": "2026-05-26T05:51:15.335157703Z",
            "sha256": "9ae04c43a548d234c87b09405f4c7b012454f5352b1351318d1a8849e3cad8c0",
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "be512846c47dcba2066ef022d0ffce73f2b74b9ad04268041f438ec920cc57b4",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-003748",
            "import_time": "2026-05-26T05:51:14.38973346Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-05-21T05:44:38Z",
            "versions": [
                "80.0.1"
            ],
            "source": "amazon-inspector"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "9583cf803e4e0cce22f8387e99203a0f50f2353646209a045e71c96b322d738f",
            "id": "GHSA-748c-3f9q-294w",
            "import_time": "2026-06-10T15:25:13.629166605Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-10T14:30:24Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

- Amazon Inspector - FINDER
- - actran@amazon.com

Affected packages

npm / auth0-templates-scripts

Package

Name: auth0-templates-scripts; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/auth0-templates-scripts

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

80.*

80.0.1

80.0.4

Database specific

indicators

{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "4caa2d5760dfed56f3ab0c9bdfd636d2ee2e88d71aa5f0124b02d252a30dd0c0",
            "tlsh": "76d0a7854da6e137433406a2d7248b10aae1d9750a539451349891762394cd0464ada8",
            "path": "index.js"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "auth0-templates-scripts-80.0.4.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-zGwNND/xYrko1UgzGzt6tSVQPjx9Q5Sk9I3t6Z7wbgt6GmRETY1xiQfCHDzeaNn64puF5FMOs+Pi70P+R+PtFg==",
                "sha1": "ebc11b5dde0c90216c22927d6e7605d9487fffb6"
            }
        }
    ],
    "domains": [
        "db.local",
        "lan",
        "google.internal",
        "corp.local",
        "vault.internal",
        "internal.jira.local",
        "kubernetes.default",
        "gitlab.internal",
        "jenkins.local",
        "istio-ingressgateway.istio-system.svc.cluster.local",
        "kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local",
        "ec2.internal",
        "active-directory.local",
        "redis.local",
        "mongodb.internal",
        "home",
        "internal",
        "intranet.local",
        "gitlab.local",
        "azure.internal",
        "consul.service.consul",
        "kubernetes.default.svc",
        "redis.internal",
        "postgres.local",
        "rancher.internal",
        "compute.internal",
        "jenkins.internal"
    ]
}

cwes

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

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/auth0-templates-scripts/MAL-2026-4489.json"