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npm · Malicious package advisory

Malware

sentrykit

MAL-2026-15544

Malicious code in sentrykit (npm)

Details


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## Source: amazon-inspector (7070cc1752fa75b405bdd0617a934d29519df28fdd0d069c0d4b5f7adaf44f55)
package.json declares a self-referential dependency where the key `sentrykit` maps to the bare HTTPS URL `https://repo.securityctrl.com/sentrykit` instead of a registry version range. On `npm install`, npm fetches whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it, running any lifecycle scripts contained in the fetched artifact. The source is unpinned, integrity-unchecked, and not the official npm registry; the shipped package body is a one-line stub, so the manifest itself is the entire delivery mechanism. The dependency key equals the package's own name and the version constraint (30.0.0) is implausibly high for a package of this size, matching the dependency-confusion smuggling shape where a high version number is used to win resolution against an internal package of the same name. Whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com controls code executed on the installer's machine at install time.

Compromised versions (1)

  • 30.0.0

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