MAL-2026-3008

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    MAL-2026-3008

    Published: 23 Apr 2026Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026Aliases: 
    GHSA-hp4j-fxr5-4x88

    Summary: Malicious code in json-spacer (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (49ca906e0f0d7b5884d939ad398cc8367cad887c10533eb833b6f043e5368bfd) The package json-spacer was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware (04db81abcbf28276b2cb30a860e8decbc485699a1db9ea9557e0595e5f86be82) 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.

    References: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hp4j-fxr5-4x88

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: json-spacer

    Purl: pkg:npm/json-spacer

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    7.4.14
    7.4.15
    7.4.16
    MAL-2026-3008 | CVE-DB