OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15513 confirms this npm version as malicious. package.json declares a dependency whose value is a bare HTTPS URL (https://repo.securityctrl.com/katal-logger) instead of a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever bytes that URL currently returns and installs them as the package, executing any lifecycle scripts contained inside...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in katal-logger (npm)
Details
package.json declares a dependency whose value is a bare HTTPS URL (https://repo.securityctrl.com/katal-logger) instead of a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever bytes that URL currently returns and installs them as the package, executing any lifecycle scripts contained inside. There is no version pin, no integrity/hash check, and the host is unrelated to the npm registry, so control over repo.securityctrl.com equates to code execution on the installing machine. The dependency key equals the package's own name (dependency-confusion shape) and the shipped index.js is an inert stub, so the manifest line is the entire delivery mechanism — the absence of scripts in this tarball does not mitigate the fetch.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms katal-logger@45.0.0 as malicious (MAL-2026-15513): Malicious code in katal-logger (npm)