temporary_smelt_lavender-81

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 3.3.1`

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: 3.3.1; tarball SHA-256 3d62a6900cb2eec57c55e599f930c466dcd4ca3539ad7b2ca55779b0fbccba6a.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/65d7c0b05e1069e74e09136ec74ac3530ebad741/osv/malicious/npm/temporary_smelt_lavender-81/MAL-2026-18620.json))

**References:**
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/65d7c0b05e1069e74e09136ec74ac3530ebad741/osv/malicious/npm/temporary_smelt_lavender-81/MAL-2026-18620.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rp9h-2jgp-qrpx

Compromised versions (1)

• = 3.3.1

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