MAL-2026-18614

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    MAL-2026-18614

    Published: 2 Nov 2026Last Modified: 4 Nov 2026

    Summary: Malicious code in motionless_mandrill_blush-51 (npm)

    Details: Part of a self-republishing campaign: generated names of the form <adjective>_<animal>_<colour>-<number>, each package shipping the same autopublish.js, which runs `npm publish --access public` to publish the package again. Self-replicating publication is the propagation step of a registry worm and fills the registry with copies. Version examined: 2.2.3; tarball SHA-256 b524996b7179cbc2702ad62f3d2917241f9cf8ad5d559202eac825ebd7cd9844.

    References:

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: motionless_mandrill_blush-51

    Purl: pkg:npm/motionless_mandrill_blush-51

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.2.3