MAL-2026-4467

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MAL-2026-4467

Summary: Malicious code in @weirdorg/dotenv (npm)

Details: Source: amazon-inspector (dce94a089c58246a54a1e4496d323c92bb46dac654e1a1403e875292be94b198) Package is a near-verbatim republication of the popular `dotenv` library (same README, API, and file layout) under the `@weirdorg/dotenv` name. The only material divergence from upstream `dotenv` is in `lib/main.js`: line 5 adds `const vconfig = require('@weirdorg/config')`, and line 253 inserts `vconfig.loadConfig();` at the top of `configDotenv()` — the function reached through the public `config()` entry point and through `require('@weirdorg/dotenv/config')`. `@weirdorg/config` is declared as a runtime dependency but is not mentioned in the README, is not part of the upstream `dotenv` API surface, and serves no documented purpose. Any installer who substitutes this package for `dotenv` (whether by typo, lockfile confusion, or scope-bait) and calls the advertised API will silently execute arbitrary code from `@weirdorg/config`, a sibling package controlled by the same publisher. This is the canonical namespace-abuse / dependency-smuggling shape: the visible package looks identical to a trusted library, while the actual payload lives in an undocumented sibling pulled in transparently through `dependencies`. Source: ghsa-malware (0f263ea0c8e72fd9a9983e6e1c8685d08479dd2b1725ca1cb3bae0ea1564bdfb) 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://www.npmjs.com/package/@weirdorg/dotenv/v/1.0.4, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p44j-chjm-p4wj