MAL-2026-885

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    MAL-2026-885

    Published: 13 Feb 2026Last Modified: 23 Mar 2026Aliases: 
    GHSA-8r3c-vhmx-vmwr

    Summary: Malicious code in metadata-stripper (npm)

    Details: Source: amazon-inspector (d8c267045a16bae6cd73d8221edda625cfc4c3492849b92a48065fd3cbb2723a) The package metadata-stripper was found to contain malicious code. Source: ghsa-malware (d007926b44a544d6a09b5b302b9d95e9e5baf9a88c0b4e39f1cc030695884bd8) 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-8r3c-vhmx-vmwr

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: metadata-stripper

    Purl: pkg:npm/metadata-stripper

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions