{"id":"MAL-2026-18621","summary":"Malicious code in unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79 (npm)","details":"Part of a self-republishing campaign: generated names of the form \u003cadjective\u003e_\u003canimal\u003e_\u003ccolour\u003e-\u003cnumber\u003e, each package shipping the same autopublish.js, which runs `npm publish --access public` to publish the package again. Self-replicating publication is the propagation step of a registry worm and fills the registry with copies. Version examined: 3.3.1; tarball SHA-256 9b1c0d601c4b827fd86f48aff1ab51a397ef52f5ccd42b4b03947234dcc2f891.","modified":"2026-11-04T09:00:05.071486529Z","published":"2026-11-02T09:44:21Z","affected":[{"package":{"name":"unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79"},"versions":["3.3.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/unfortunate_crawdad_emerald-79/MAL-2026-18621.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2","credits":[{"name":"Oluwatosin Amokeodo","contact":["mailto:oluwatosin.amokeodo@gmail.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}