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Malicious MAL-2026-10471 GHSA-qrjp-fmwp-2rjq

loading-sessions

npm package · versions 6.13.2

Reported Jul 13, 2026 · Updated Sep 1, 2026

If this package is installed

Remove it, treat the machine (or CI runner) as compromised, and rotate every secret, token and key it could access — from a different, clean machine.

Details

Source: amazon-inspector (ed919f49d3732fb5d4bd8b177022ed58d9c08b2cded5a6141e2da07c66966a94)
Package name impersonates the pino logger (exports module.exports.pino, ships pino-style files lib/proto.js, lib/levels.js, lib/redaction.js, lib/multistream.js, lib/transport.js, copies pino keywords ['fast','logger','stream','json']). When the exported middleware is invoked, index.js spawns a detached `node lib/caller.js` child. lib/caller.js base64-decodes a hardcoded URL (https://api.jsonstorage.net/v1/json/2ef8c758-a96f-459e-b036-b3b90379a165/a179ea35-b962-4722-b3f1-e28316d1a44a) disguised as a `DEV_API_KEY` env-var fake, GETs the JSON document, and passes the response's `data.cookie` string to `new Function.constructor('require', s)` and invokes it with `require`. The fetched content is attacker-controlled and mutable, runs with full Node `require` access, retries up to 5 times, and is detached so failures are silent. Headers (`x-secret-key`) are also base64-decoded from masquerading env-var names. This is a classic remote-code dropper hidden behind a typosquat lure.