MAL-2026-488

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    MAL-2026-488

    Published: 23 Jan 2026Last Modified: 23 Jan 2026Aliases: 
    GHSA-qqcc-7qrm-mf75

    Summary: Malicious code in ntwsx (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (837a3de93825b2ebfadd814823c3dde7c072beb4afe605d220256e406efed240) The package ntwsx was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware (9ab6bd61fcb4255b371cf5dcfee1103ef2d0574569eb5804ceb1aa9a3dae8bfe) 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-qqcc-7qrm-mf75

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ntwsx

    Purl: pkg:npm/ntwsx

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions