OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-15519 confirms this npm version as malicious. package.json line 11 declares a self-referential dependency whose source is a bare HTTP URL rather than a registry version range: "qbo-ui-services": "https://repo.securityctrl.com/qbo-ui-services". On npm install, npm fetches whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it, executing any lifecycle scripts contained inside, with no version pin and no integrity hash. The shipped index.js is an inert stub, so the...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in qbo-ui-services (npm)
Details
package.json line 11 declares a self-referential dependency whose source is a bare HTTP URL rather than a registry version range: "qbo-ui-services": "https://repo.securityctrl.com/qbo-ui-services". On npm install, npm fetches whatever tarball that URL returns and installs it, executing any lifecycle scripts contained inside, with no version pin and no integrity hash. The shipped index.js is an inert stub, so the manifest line is the entire published payload. The dependency key equals this package's own name and the version marker (45.0.0) is implausibly high, matching a dependency-confusion shape intended to win resolution against an internal package. The host repo.securityctrl.com is not a known npm registry and is unrelated to any declared repository or homepage.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms qbo-ui-services@45.0.0 as malicious (MAL-2026-15519): Malicious code in qbo-ui-services (npm)