MAL-2026-6440

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/tokenization-util/MAL-2026-6440.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-6440
Aliases
  • GHSA-wp9r-fqrq-cg5h
Published
2026-06-25T05:29:26Z
Modified
2026-07-13T07:47:03Z
Summary
Malicious code in tokenization-util (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (81f8a194aa79844110dede95f5f8c798d05c04c08f1a4f5d8822124b17c65fa6)

The package advertises plain math/formatter helpers but index.js contains a heavily obfuscated payload concealed inside the calculateTokenPrice function. The payload is hidden behind ~1500 leading tab characters of visual padding, then uses two seeded Fisher-Yates string-shuffler decoders and String.fromCharCode splicing to reconstruct the identifiers 'constructor', 'require', and 'module' at runtime. The code resolves Function via yLb[kqz] (a string-shuffled property lookup for 'constructor'), uses that Function constructor to build a decoder from one shuffled blob, decodes a second scrambled blob into JS source, and invokes that source via Function(...)(3004). It also assigns the CommonJS require and module bindings to globalThis (global[require]=require; global[module]=module), giving the decoded code access to any Node built-in (network, fs, child_process) regardless of how the package is imported. None of this behavior is documented in the README or exposed through the advertised API. The combination of multi-layer obfuscation, visual concealment via tab padding, dynamic eval of decoded literals, and forced global exposure of require/module is the canonical shape of a hidden remote-code-execution backdoor in an npm utility package — the decoded payload runs whenever calculateTokenPrice is called by a consumer.

Source: ghsa-malware (6889e1ba434ec22ee416286fff9c2917794ee60aa78361043e1742767ca877f2)

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-2026-007459",
            "import_time": "2026-06-25T06:26:40.657818753Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-25T05:29:26Z",
            "sha256": "81f8a194aa79844110dede95f5f8c798d05c04c08f1a4f5d8822124b17c65fa6",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.1.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-007460",
            "import_time": "2026-06-25T06:26:40.747975627Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-25T05:29:31Z",
            "sha256": "98ad20b73424aeaaf58831c2ff2b370fcb5062535fdcc0501bf92281ca169740",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.2.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-wp9r-fqrq-cg5h",
            "import_time": "2026-07-10T13:00:08.057927184Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-10T12:24:57Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "6889e1ba434ec22ee416286fff9c2917794ee60aa78361043e1742767ca877f2",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-009810",
            "import_time": "2026-07-13T07:40:10.225015529Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-13T06:34:05Z",
            "sha256": "5c62d3b50a40b7615b28929ceb0cdfe55388bf7b877f5b9c3fef54054befdd87",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "0.1.0"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / tokenization-util

Package

Name
tokenization-util
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Purl
pkg:npm/tokenization-util

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.0
0.2.0
1.*
1.1.0

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"
    },
    {
        "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": "index.js",
            "sha256": "0956c1b99ac68710864c32ffb75c5fcfc736d4a55ebd3909d4834fbd765b417b",
            "tlsh": "6822098cba576e514b752770a91e5029ff605731a40fd981f3b8c8c26fe392482d7e0e"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "tokenization-util-1.1.0.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "f00de1b7b106bcc3c859896b292a862455b0d55a",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-L0mH6swLcGLVRAWvvBUu/Z4BB8D9pcuUZOzlmTkFddfn8VYr8OtAADqs+o/eDf+lwJYJXXw4ysE1bqRjvbNjFg=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/tokenization-util/MAL-2026-6440.json"