mal-2026-2499
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2026-04-06 09:23
Modified
2026-04-07 14:41
Summary
Malicious code in nerite-security-audit (npm)
Details

Collects and exfiltrates sensitive data (env vars, SSH keys, keystores, history) via HTTPS and DNS. Suspicious domain and disabled SSL validation.

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Source: amazon-inspector (87776a4e480d244c862e76238cd498aa49bd919403dad6de21a85326d6b451ed)

The package nerite-security-audit was found to contain malicious code.

Credits
Amazon Inspector actran@amazon.com
SafeDep safedep.io
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "nerite-security-audit"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "actran@amazon.com"
      ],
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    },
    {
      "contact": [
        "https://safedep.io"
      ],
      "name": "SafeDep",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "import_time": "2026-04-07T14:39:15.250893139Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-04-07T14:24:50Z",
        "ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              }
            ],
            "type": "SEMVER"
          }
        ],
        "sha256": "87776a4e480d244c862e76238cd498aa49bd919403dad6de21a85326d6b451ed",
        "source": "amazon-inspector"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "Collects and exfiltrates sensitive data (env vars, SSH keys, keystores, history) via HTTPS and DNS. Suspicious domain and disabled SSL validation.\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (87776a4e480d244c862e76238cd498aa49bd919403dad6de21a85326d6b451ed)\nThe package nerite-security-audit was found to contain malicious code.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-2499",
  "modified": "2026-04-07T14:41:23Z",
  "published": "2026-04-06T09:23:07Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://app.safedep.io/community/malysis/01KNBR7A02BNGASPF64VNCNZ3C"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in nerite-security-audit (npm)"
}


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