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notify-dist@1.3.7

OSV Malicious Advisory

scanned 2h ago · by OpenSSF/OSV

OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-10154 confirms this npm version as malicious. notify-dist advertises itself as a pino-compatible logger/middleware (exports `module.exports.pino`, keywords fast/logger/stream/json, lib/ mirrors pino internals such as proto.js, multistream.js, redaction.js, transport.js), but the exported middleware's only side effect is to launch a remote-code loader. When a consumer requires the package and invokes the exported middleware, index.js spawns `node lib/caller.js`...

Advisory
MAL-2026-10154
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in notify-dist (npm)
Details
notify-dist advertises itself as a pino-compatible logger/middleware (exports `module.exports.pino`, keywords fast/logger/stream/json, lib/ mirrors pino internals such as proto.js, multistream.js, redaction.js, transport.js), but the exported middleware's only side effect is to launch a remote-code loader. When a consumer requires the package and invokes the exported middleware, index.js spawns `node lib/caller.js` as a detached child with `stdio: 'ignore'` and `child.unref()` so the loader survives after the parent exits. lib/caller.js issues an HTTP GET to https://jsonkeeper.com/b/BPB86 via axios, reads the `.cookie` field of the response, and executes it as JavaScript via `new Function.constructor('require', s)(require)`, giving the fetched code full Node privileges including `require`. The loader retries up to 5 times and silences console.log to hide activity. lib/const.js additionally holds base64-encoded fields that decode to a second endpoint (https://jsonkeeper.com/b/ZK45J) and header name `x-secret-key`, serving as a rotation/backup payload URL. jsonkeeper.com is a mutable third-party JSON paste host, so the executed code is fully attacker-controlled and can change at any time. The pino-shaped API surface is a lure: consumers importing this expecting logger behavior get arbitrary remote code execution on their machine.
Decision reason
One or more suspicious static signals were detected.

Decision evidence

public snapshot
Behavioral surface
Source
ChildProcessEnvironmentVarsNetwork
Supply chain
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
ManifestNo manifest risk signals triggered.
scanned 17 file(s), 52.5 KB of source, external domains: github.com, jsonkeeper.com

Source & flagged code

1 flagged · loading source
docs/transports.mdView file
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Secret Pattern

Hardcoded password in docs/transports.md

docs/transports.mdView on unpkg · L550

Findings

1 High3 Medium3 Low
HighEval
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumSecret Patterndocs/transports.md
LowScripts Present
LowHigh Entropy Strings
LowUrl Strings
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