{"id":"MAL-2026-18667","summary":"Malicious code in unemployed_xerinae-toolteadev (npm)","details":"Part of a self-republishing campaign: the package ships auto.js, which in a loop gives the package a new random name, 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: 1.4.4; tarball SHA-256 d7a004f21796f6884acc016de74cb95c0db3e7e8b5220b38b15cf40befdadaa0.","modified":"2026-11-05T04:15:04.930062682Z","published":"2026-11-02T22:42:17Z","affected":[{"package":{"name":"unemployed_xerinae-toolteadev","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/unemployed_xerinae-toolteadev"},"versions":["1.4.4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/unemployed_xerinae-toolteadev/MAL-2026-18667.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2","credits":[{"name":"Oluwatosin Amokeodo","contact":["mailto:oluwatosin.amokeodo@gmail.com"],"type":"FINDER"}]}