MAL-2026-3312
Malicious code in path-internal-util (npm)
Details
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## Source: amazon-inspector (aaba59a63a7a6f3dfc734a55082dff17dbf357f41b2a09ef0c87f73d046088e1) On require(), path.js executes an IIFE that calls loadTokenData(), which fetches a base64-obfuscated URL (decoding to https://www.jsonkeeper.com/b/CWOV9), parses the JSON response, and passes data.content directly to eval(). The remote paste is mutable by whoever controls the jsonkeeper entry, so any installer that imports the package executes arbitrary attacker-controlled JavaScript in-process at import time. The package name impersonates Node's built-in `path` module and the README claims to be 'an exact copy of the NodeJS path module', increasing the chance of accidental installation by developers seeking a path polyfill.
## Source: ossf-package-analysis (db91c8a40ff204e2aa98c594413d69b624d93a4ac51ea09fc00b1d3f63b8e462) The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'path-internal-util' @ 1.0.1 (npm) as malicious.
It is considered malicious because:
- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.
- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.
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