{"id":"MAL-2026-18665","summary":"Malicious code in quiche-tea-curut (npm)","details":"Part of a self-republishing campaign: the package ships autopublish2.js, which in a loop gives the package a new random name, bumps its version, rewrites package.json and runs `npm publish` to publish the package again under the new name. Self-replicating publication is the propagation step of a registry worm and fills the registry with copies. Version examined: 4.3.4; tarball SHA-256 d92dc72e7544f050e01a393f92623e33abc0ed4d1ae8a9bc9dfd676a9bf5add2.","modified":"2026-11-05T04:15:04.919148927Z","published":"2026-11-02T22:34:49Z","affected":[{"package":{"name":"quiche-tea-curut","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/quiche-tea-curut"},"versions":["4.3.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/quiche-tea-curut/MAL-2026-18665.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2","credits":[{"name":"Oluwatosin Amokeodo","contact":["mailto:oluwatosin.amokeodo@gmail.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}