valid_antlion_amber-50

GHSA-82ch-xhq2-7r3m

Malicious code in valid_antlion_amber-50 (npm)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 4.1.3`

Part of a self-republishing campaign: generated names of the form <adjective>_<animal>_<colour>-<number>, 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: 4.1.3; tarball SHA-256 9e9bed34eb0cb325419b2806fb984dbe3c4f5e59dfe33519010cdf6cfad3f6eb.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/65d7c0b05e1069e74e09136ec74ac3530ebad741/osv/malicious/npm/valid_antlion_amber-50/MAL-2026-18622.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/65d7c0b05e1069e74e09136ec74ac3530ebad741/osv/malicious/npm/valid_antlion_amber-50/MAL-2026-18622.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-82ch-xhq2-7r3m

Compromised versions (1)

= 4.1.3

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