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nodemon-web@3.1.13

OSV Malicious Advisory

scanned 2h ago · by OpenSSF/OSV

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-10515 confirms this npm version as malicious. nodemon-web copies the source of the popular `nodemon` package verbatim and reuses Remy Sharp's author metadata and the https://github.com/remy/nodemon.git repository URL, while publishing under a lookalike name from an unrelated account. package.json declares a runtime dependency on `type-swap@^3.1.3` that is not required or imported anywhere in the package's own code; the real `nodemon` has no such dependency...

Advisory
MAL-2026-10515
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in nodemon-web (npm)
Details
nodemon-web copies the source of the popular `nodemon` package verbatim and reuses Remy Sharp's author metadata and the https://github.com/remy/nodemon.git repository URL, while publishing under a lookalike name from an unrelated account. package.json declares a runtime dependency on `type-swap@^3.1.3` that is not required or imported anywhere in the package's own code; the real `nodemon` has no such dependency. Installing nodemon-web therefore silently resolves and installs `type-swap` into the consumer's node_modules under cover of a familiar name and impersonated maintainer identity, adding third-party code to the installer's dependency tree that the package itself never uses. ## Source: ghsa-malware (51bd26eeac93c4079c1efdfb78bbdc0b7a64d487109bb1faea4d8f2b982dbff8) 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.
Decision reason
No blocking static signals were detected.

Decision evidence

public snapshot
Behavioral surface
Source
ChildProcessDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemShell
Supply chain
UrlStrings
ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.
scanned 27 file(s), 82.2 KB of source, external domains: git.io, github.com

Source & flagged code

2 flagged · loading source
bin/nodemon.jsView file
2L3: const cli = require('../lib/cli'); L4: const nodemon = require('../lib/');
Medium
Dynamic Require

Package source references dynamic require/import behavior.

bin/nodemon.jsView on unpkg · L2
bin/windows-kill.exeView file
path = bin/windows-kill.exe kind = native_binary sizeBytes = 80384 magicHex = [redacted]
Medium
Ships Native Binary

Package ships native binary artifacts.

bin/windows-kill.exeView on unpkg

Findings

4 Medium3 Low
MediumDynamic Requirebin/nodemon.js
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumShips Native Binarybin/windows-kill.exe
MediumStructural Risk Force Deep Review
LowScripts Present
LowFilesystem
LowUrl Strings