OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-5237 confirms this npm version as malicious. No concrete installer-harm signals were identified in this package version. The package name suggests a MongoDB-related async helper, but no specific behavior could be confirmed from the available artifacts. Without traced evidence of exfiltration, install-time remote execution, credential access, or other supply-chain attack patterns, a public block verdict is not warranted...
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in awaitly-mongo (npm)
Details
No concrete installer-harm signals were identified in this package version. The package name suggests a MongoDB-related async helper, but no specific behavior could be confirmed from the available artifacts. Without traced evidence of exfiltration, install-time remote execution, credential access, or other supply-chain attack patterns, a public block verdict is not warranted. Routing to human review so a maintainer can confirm the package's contents and intent before any disposition is published.
## Source: ghsa-malware (ad946395e22355158fb80d8dd83874ea4b4270c38900399882114d590894a615) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
## Source: google-open-source-security (a6c7977dbc054cdb7fe56da0d2fbd26e2a6fed695deb4263ccbf4adfedd86acb) The Miasma malware is a self-propagating worm that spreads across the npm registry by abusing weaponized `binding.gyp` files to achieve execution during package installation, bypassing security tools that only inspect package lifecycle scripts. Upon execution, the malware attempts to exfiltrate credentials and OIDC tokens for various cloud and registry services, and propagates by compromising other packages managed by the stolen accounts or committing backdoor files to GitHub repositories.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms awaitly-mongo@14.0.1 as malicious (MAL-2026-5237): Malicious code in awaitly-mongo (npm)