MAL-2026-5623

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Import Source

https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo/MAL-2026-5623.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5623

Aliases

GHSA-cqgx-r84j-px55

Published

2026-06-11T08:25:54Z

Modified

2026-08-05T06:36:09Z

Summary

Malicious code in edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo (npm)

Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (7d5b538a93d9379ce9f4eaa885a4b22c6ec94175718176088b7a432cd67da271)

No suspicious code, lifecycle scripts, network destinations, credential reads, or obfuscation were observed in this package. The package name suggests an educational demonstration of dependency chains, and the contents do not exhibit any of the structural fingerprints associated with supply-chain attacks (no install-time fetch-and-execute, no environment scraping, no hardcoded exfil endpoint, no credential-store enumeration).

Source: ghsa-malware (9ae052688503dea4150de126b9b386fa6bd914f1fe1c6cf94e856b89a7d5dbdf)

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 (5a2508b833cc9048538d7b995e19fdc3abb6807800a2650ef808f248a3502139)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo' @ 1.0.4 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

Database specific

{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "import_time": "2026-06-11T09:36:25.967017901Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-11T08:25:54Z",
            "sha256": "5a2508b833cc9048538d7b995e19fdc3abb6807800a2650ef808f248a3502139",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.4"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-008474",
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T20:32:33.477625667Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T20:15:56Z",
            "sha256": "b2a7d2f1e015cb530cbc560ff593abba9ecbdde04868643cc1f46c7c23b7252d",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.4"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-cqgx-r84j-px55",
            "import_time": "2026-07-27T09:43:03.791777691Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-27T01:27:25Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "9ae052688503dea4150de126b9b386fa6bd914f1fe1c6cf94e856b89a7d5dbdf",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-013143",
            "import_time": "2026-08-05T06:00:46.818113782Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-05T05:40:01Z",
            "sha256": "0039d308718ea9a396e799b288e7ea8d03a87ddc7d09868c5079576d241dac57",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-013158",
            "import_time": "2026-08-05T06:00:48.641520324Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-05T05:42:08Z",
            "sha256": "2e7eca8e1dafc8a7e3659180c82452b136f0a790d42b8e7223ea7505919cf91b",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.2"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-013185",
            "import_time": "2026-08-05T06:00:51.516547184Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-05T05:46:00Z",
            "sha256": "7d5b538a93d9379ce9f4eaa885a4b22c6ec94175718176088b7a432cd67da271",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.3"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-013187",
            "import_time": "2026-08-05T06:00:51.770423419Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-05T05:46:19Z",
            "sha256": "fa0820a667baddd8277e6b2fe8f4cdec8dc0809f14397dfac46e7621b55d2ada",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

References

Credits

- Amazon Inspector - FINDER
- - inspector-research@amazon.com
- OpenSSF: Package Analysis - FINDER
- - https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis
  - https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis

Affected packages

npm / edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo

Package

Name: edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0

1.0.1

1.0.2

1.0.3

1.0.4

Database specific

cwes

[
    {
        "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.",
        "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.",
        "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.",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]

indicators

{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo-1.0.4.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "6f90406b3feaeaf5bdb08413e0af4a642ca6eb39",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-HqFmtSeBtTp/ftBoY2Vxyqj/ujgVnEq5NxdmqXSWiyYzYBr1nNB6m2M+MsaiDxCfQ/5uFq2sTEQ0dAuzNkDeuQ=="
            }
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/edu-npm-dependency-chain-demo/MAL-2026-5623.json"