{"id":"MAL-2026-1260","summary":"Malicious code in webmd-url (npm)","details":"Package exfiltrates data via pre/postinstall scripts, and has a suspicious main entrypoint targeting MongoDB configurations. Package extracts data like username, hostname and current working directory and sends it to malicious domain http://4v6heh2m.requestrepo.com/depconf/webmd-url/\n\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (aff69380d1d2819ca9ecef11566ea52d55078bda142280a51837726adbc2b22e)\nThe package webmd-url was found to contain malicious code.\n\n## Source: ghsa-malware (edae03d2f7c5fd97d5e82798514e9654ad9d47f8c68aa3dd9807b6ea604e0a10)\nAny 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.\n","aliases":["GHSA-853v-5vhr-jmpc"],"modified":"2026-03-14T04:49:22.818847Z","published":"2026-03-06T07:28:40Z","database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"modified_time":"2026-03-08T01:35:03Z","import_time":"2026-03-08T01:38:01.316293881Z","sha256":"aff69380d1d2819ca9ecef11566ea52d55078bda142280a51837726adbc2b22e","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"source":"amazon-inspector"},{"modified_time":"2026-03-12T15:46:35Z","import_time":"2026-03-12T16:37:03.829064923Z","id":"GHSA-853v-5vhr-jmpc","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"sha256":"edae03d2f7c5fd97d5e82798514e9654ad9d47f8c68aa3dd9807b6ea604e0a10","source":"ghsa-malware"}]},"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://app.safedep.io/community/malysis/01KJX2TRPCYS96FRM10XX2A1W0"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-853v-5vhr-jmpc"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"webmd-url","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/webmd-url"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"database_specific":{"cwes":[{"description":"The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.","cweId":"CWE-506","name":"Embedded Malicious Code"}],"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/webmd-url/MAL-2026-1260.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","contact":["actran@amazon.com"],"type":"FINDER"},{"name":"SafeDep","contact":["https://safedep.io"],"type":"FINDER"}]}