OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15514 confirms this npm version as malicious. package.json line 11 declares the package's own name 'mintel-taskbar' as a dependency whose source is the bare HTTPS URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/mintel-taskbar, not a registry version range. On `npm install`, npm resolves this dependency by fetching whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it — running any lifecycle scripts inside the fetched tarball — with no version pin and no integrity check...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in mintel-taskbar (npm)
Details
package.json line 11 declares the package's own name 'mintel-taskbar' as a dependency whose source is the bare HTTPS URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/mintel-taskbar, not a registry version range. On `npm install`, npm resolves this dependency by fetching whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it — running any lifecycle scripts inside the fetched tarball — with no version pin and no integrity check. Whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com therefore controls code executed on every installer's machine. The self-referential shape (dependency key equals the package's own name) combined with an implausibly high version (45.0.0) is consistent with a dependency-confusion lure that resolves against an internal package of the same name.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms mintel-taskbar@45.0.0 as malicious (MAL-2026-15514): Malicious code in mintel-taskbar (npm)