Malicious code in @angulaar/cli (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (33d4a58c855f9b549d39f194483ee19730552bbb47a279f73237c8a403708d20) Package name '@angulaar/cli' (double 'a') is a one-character edit of '@angular/cli'; README, LICENSE headers, and source files are copied verbatim from the real Angular CLI (Google LLC copyright, angular.dev license URLs, README pointing issues to github.com/angular/angular-cli). The manifest's dependencies list has been altered from the upstream package: real @angular/cli depends on '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk', while this package declares '@modelcontextprotocol/server': '2.0.0' and requires it from src/commands/mcp/cli.js and mcp-server.js. '@modelcontextprotocol/server' is not the official MCP package name, so npm install resolves and installs whatever bytes are published under that attacker-chosen name/version, executing any lifecycle scripts in that dependency on the installer's host and loading its code in-process on later `ng mcp` invocations. The lookalike package name, cloned source, and swapped MCP dependency together form a dependency-confusion delivery vector against developers who mistype the real @angular/cli name.
MAL-2026-17536
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:MAL-2026-17536
@angulaar/cli
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 22.2.1
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"package": {
"name": "@angulaar/cli",
"purl": "pkg:npm/%40angulaar/cli",
"ecosystem": "npm"
},
"versions": [
"22.2.1"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwes": [
{
"name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
"cweId": "CWE-506",
"description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
}
],
"source": "https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/@angulaar/cli/MAL-2026-17536.json",
"indicators": {
"evidence_files": [
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"path": "package.json",
"tlsh": "fc315976d6e01d6306d9178098360903643c963f0e06fab8f79c550c4f8f69f2277aae",
"sha256": "e328e61beada6cb9eb1c9392e96a61d0a17c57cf5a79405e490743d6c1caed5f"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
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"sha1": "0f040f20b3935706461bcbb479f2d693b10af56a",
"sha512_sri": "sha512-J7AyMrtLCZmsXS1pptYxEmGPBT+S7uQEUDglSCC96T2HtpJICh3IBuJELtQZ8t/yd6Dg2uBplrOsHpfW9XCwLA=="
},
"filename": "cli-22.2.1.tgz"
}
]
}
}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #83605 · Revision 1
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