@angulaar/cli

GHSA-65xg-ghmw-cq2c

Malicious code in @angulaar/cli (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 22.2.1`

## Source: amazon-inspector (33d4a58c855f9b549d39f194483ee19730552bbb47a279f73237c8a403708d20)
Package name '@angulaar/cli' (double 'a') is a one-character edit of '@angular/cli'; README, LICENSE headers, and source files are copied verbatim from the real Angular CLI (Google LLC copyright, angular.dev license URLs, README pointing issues to github.com/angular/angular-cli). The manifest's dependencies list has been altered from the upstream package: real @angular/cli depends on '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk', while this package declares '@modelcontextprotocol/server': '2.0.0' and requires it from src/commands/mcp/cli.js and mcp-server.js. '@modelcontextprotocol/server' is not the official MCP package name, so npm install resolves and installs whatever bytes are published under that attacker-chosen name/version, executing any lifecycle scripts in that dependency on the installer's host and loading its code in-process on later `ng mcp` invocations. The lookalike package name, cloned source, and swapped MCP dependency together form a dependency-confusion delivery vector against developers who mistype the real @angular/cli name.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/28e8e300c79177f2cb1eb131ae981c3c0e639495/osv/malicious/npm/@angulaar/cli/MAL-2026-17536.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/28e8e300c79177f2cb1eb131ae981c3c0e639495/osv/malicious/npm/@angulaar/cli/MAL-2026-17536.json
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/@angulaar/cli/v/22.2.1
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-65xg-ghmw-cq2c

Compromised versions (1)

= 22.2.1

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.