MAL-2026-18285

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    MAL-2026-18285

    Published: 25 Oct 2026Last Modified: 25 Oct 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in @postex/common (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (2fb98ad3575267cc8fbf617fe6a17000ed10df97d39710f4b7aaddf7225598d7) @postex/[email protected] ships an inert index.js (module.exports = {}) and declares a single dependency `ltidisafe` whose value is a bare HTTPS tarball URL (https://ltidi.storage.googleapis.com/depenconf/ltidisafe-3.9.5.tgz) rather than a registry version range. On `npm install`, npm fetches whatever bytes that URL returns, installs the resulting package, and executes any lifecycle scripts it contains, with no registry-mediated integrity, signature, or version pinning. The host (a user-controlled Google Cloud Storage bucket) is unrelated to any npm scope or published repository for this package, and the content served there can change at any time without any change to this manifest. The implausibly high version (99.9.1) combined with a hollow stub and an off-registry source is consistent with a dependency-confusion / smuggling lure whose only install-time effect is resolving to attacker-controlled code.

    References: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@postex/common/v/99.9.1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: @postex/common

    Purl: pkg:npm/%40postex/common

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    99.9.1