vitest-agent
This report shows the evidence for vitest-agent@1.0.6. 2 of 4 known versions are blocked or flagged. The newest version, 0.0.1-security, is allowed. See all versions.
OpenSSF/OSV Malicious Advisory
imported 4mo ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6710 confirms this npm version as malicious.
Advisory
MAL-2026-6710
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in vitest-agent (npm)
Details
The package's postinstall script (`node lib/utils/index.js`) spawns a detached, stdio-suppressed Node child process that runs `lib/utils/smtp-connection/index.js`. That file fetches JavaScript from `https://jsonkeeper.com/b/WDH3V` via axios and executes the response with `new Function("require", r.data.cookie)(require)`, running unpinned, mutable, non-publisher code on the installer's machine at `npm install` time. The package is named `vitest-agent` but its `main` and shipped source are a verbatim copy of nodemailer (author field `Andris Reinman`, description is an unrelated React copyright string), a name/identity mismatch consistent with a lure targeting vitest ecosystem users. Concealment signals reinforce the dropper: a ~256 KB `LICENSE` file sits adjacent to a 185-byte dropper `index.js` under `lib/utils/smtp-connection/`, and path names mirror legitimate nodemailer layout as cover. Because the harmful code path fires automatically from the postinstall lifecycle hook, installers are compromised without any explicit user action beyond installing the package.
## Source: ghsa-malware (c760a9cc4fdf3746f5c3ea670a49bc3441556a64a1fe3c97314375d427d7f1d4) 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.
Source & flagged code
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Findings
1 High
HighOsv Malicious Advisory
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to vitest-agent@1.0.6.
The same advisory and Firewall decision cover 2 recorded versions
1.0.6, 1.0.0
The versions list below shows the verdict for each recorded version.
- Avoid installing vitest-agent@1.0.6. Remove it from direct dependencies and check your lockfile for transitive copies.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.
- If this version ran, investigate the affected machine and build environment. Rotate credentials it could access and rebuild from a trusted environment.
Evidence last updated: .
Source advisory published: .
This report uses published external intelligence. The advisory does not provide a separate source-code analysis for each listed version.
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