OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15537 confirms this npm version as malicious. package.json line 11 declares a dependency whose key equals the package's own name (`jira-projects-backbone`) with a value that is a bare HTTPS URL, `https://repo.securityctrl.com/jira-projects-backbone`, instead of a registry version range. On `npm install`, npm fetches whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it, running any lifecycle scripts it contains, with no version pin and no integrity check...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in jira-projects-backbone (npm)
Details
package.json line 11 declares a dependency whose key equals the package's own name (`jira-projects-backbone`) with a value that is a bare HTTPS URL, `https://repo.securityctrl.com/jira-projects-backbone`, instead of a registry version range. On `npm install`, npm fetches whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it, running any lifecycle scripts it contains, with no version pin and no integrity check. The shipped source in this package is an inert stub, so the manifest itself is the entire install-time surface — every install resolves to attacker-controlled code from repo.securityctrl.com. The self-name reuse and implausibly high version (45.0.0) also give this manifest a dependency-confusion shape against any internal package named `jira-projects-backbone`.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms jira-projects-backbone@45.0.0 as malicious (MAL-2026-15537): Malicious code in jira-projects-backbone (npm)