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Malicious MAL-2026-13796 GHSA-mgr2-2cf3-5j8q

cvbmxiowkwqla6

npm package · versions 1.0.0

Reported Aug 12, 2026 · Updated Aug 12, 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 (0dbfcc7e82fc725383c9578e9d53c4e69bdf6af9ba8037d2bf9fa50dce51969e)
Package cvbmxiowkwqla6@1.0.0 contains only two files and no behaviors matching supply-chain attack patterns were identified. No lifecycle scripts, network calls, credential reads, or code-execution primitives are present in the analyzed contents. The package name is a random-looking string, which is consistent with placeholder, test, or throwaway publications.

Source: ghsa-malware (daa100d53a0c1be6b6a40e562f71082118d66584766ad756f84223beff044e39)
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.