MAL-2026-6580

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/loadutils/MAL-2026-6580.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-6580
Aliases
  • GHSA-mvpj-6xxg-pjm9
Published
2026-06-29T06:39:52Z
Modified
2026-08-20T14:30:11Z
Summary
Malicious code in loadutils (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (31f1f1f6292d782062f6fff1f7422d9f1dc0eb1572e4372d6c0d574ccea3ab3a)

Package loadutils is a typosquat of the widely-used webpack helper loader-utils. The shipped README documents the loader-utils API (urlToRequest, interpolateName, getHashDigest), but src/index.js instead exports a debug-style logger — name, documentation, and implementation do not align. On import, src/index.js executes require('debug-glitzs') at the top level, but debug-glitzs is not declared in dependencies, peerDependencies, or optionalDependencies; whatever resolves to that name in the installer's tree runs in the Node.js process as soon as loadutils is required. package.json additionally declares lessload@^1.0.1 as a runtime dependency that is never referenced in src/ and is unrelated to either the logger code or the advertised loader-utils API, pulling further unaccounted code into the installer's dependency tree on npm install. The contributors metadata also impersonates a well-known maintainer (Kiko Beats paired with an unrelated homepage alphacointech1010.com), reinforcing the deceptive packaging.

Source: ghsa-malware (cb85bfb8ef99b26b93bb3e4fbb1551da6f77d0066972444e7d00cfcffb253fe5)

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-2026-007768",
            "import_time": "2026-06-29T07:09:11.190833495Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-06-29T06:39:52Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "31f1f1f6292d782062f6fff1f7422d9f1dc0eb1572e4372d6c0d574ccea3ab3a",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.4"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-008947",
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T23:27:54.998870306Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T22:56:33Z",
            "sha256": "f805ddc44a4e097758f4e952121d28a13cb3c6ea4425ac905118a3f9c4c171e0",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.5"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-008953",
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T23:27:55.467682918Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T22:57:28Z",
            "sha256": "fb0020bde7b301c12f88086e900a314ef7846d52d91e291f447b10b9a139e6b5",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "versions": [
                "1.0.6"
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "GHSA-mvpj-6xxg-pjm9",
            "import_time": "2026-08-20T14:26:12.0015746Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-08-20T14:04:11Z",
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "sha256": "cb85bfb8ef99b26b93bb3e4fbb1551da6f77d0066972444e7d00cfcffb253fe5",
            "source": "ghsa-malware"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / loadutils

Package

Name
loadutils
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:npm/loadutils

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.4
1.0.5
1.0.6

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": "README.md",
            "sha256": "0ee2b5a25c3ef8d4e0d60fae718d3a16ffabbfc48b13d65b8af34e22c06f4411",
            "tlsh": "d8d1b8660f569d3297288bb5780994f0e312612ca526c476a0d5a4ecd3e37d0f9f13e5"
        },
        {
            "path": "src/index.js",
            "sha256": "d7d6f65dc61f08413988d39a4a6f9b60b21987b8a43e281d367cea5a9b6269af",
            "tlsh": "52517355916b6042067356abda9b680afb3fe02334339165be1da3c11fb3b004916fea"
        },
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "sha256": "9dcef13879e01ec7f69b751d7ca1a8153e76e649092790c23401047ad7087c9d",
            "tlsh": "1381cd67cd684d770ac9926aa8694202b660c9438e58fc1c739d439dcf4d07f21fe7ae"
        }
    ],
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "loadutils-1.0.4.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha1": "801ca76f569e5fe16f972e4f1ba20770242eff5c",
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-mT4cKT0GWk+OacN3moFEBtg8/rYsVhMOUm2t18nFKFAYysQv/EW/Ffyi3LjHhZzWhpd5K84PBErfyrmci3WCaw=="
            }
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/loadutils/MAL-2026-6580.json"