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Malicious MAL-2026-10893 GHSA-wx6c-2wgg-hcwq

ecto-cargo-wk1tm59a

npm package · versions 99.0.0

Reported Jul 20, 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 (ee496f01ecebc77637213e597ba523c8cccda7efcd65e7ad2e700d804553dd29)
Package ecto-cargo-wk1tm59a@99.0.0 exhibits several contextual red flags worth human review: a randomized-suffix name pattern (`-wk1tm59a`) typical of disposable/throwaway publishes, an inflated `99.0.0` version typical of dependency-confusion / proof-of-concept publishes, and only 3 files in the tarball. Automated content inspection of the package's code did not produce a usable trace, but the content was non-trivial enough that an automated description could not be produced. No specific attacker domain, exfiltration endpoint, or install-time fetch-and-execute behavior has been concretely identified from the available evidence, so a public block verdict is not justified, but the combination of disposable-name shape, `99.0.0` version inflation, and untraced contents warrants human inspection before this package is trusted.