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Malicious code in developmentstelemetry (npm)

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (98ef8863222571a8e77635ed5129c41ad9583d9df4e9e5fd61b5a07c4fb26887) package.json declares scripts.postinstall = 'node index.js'. index.js is a 143-byte stub whose only behavior is to dynamically import the sole declared dependency 'originaldevelopmentstelemetry@1.2.2' and invoke its exported downloadAndRunUpdate() function. On every 'npm install', control is handed to that external package, which by name and by its own exported API downloads and runs an 'update' payload on the installer's machine. The shipped bytes are inert; the entire install-time effect lives in an unaudited third-party package whose author controls arbitrary code execution on installers. Package name 'developmentstelemetry' with a self-labeled 'Gets telemetry data' description and author 'originaldevelopment' matches the wrapper-that-only-calls-another-package shape used to funnel installs into a payload-bearing dependency.

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MAL-2026-17318

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: osv:MAL-2026-17318

developmentstelemetry

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions
1.0.2

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

1.0.1

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

Fixed versions
Not stated in this record
Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "package": {
      "name": "developmentstelemetry",
      "purl": "pkg:npm/developmentstelemetry",
      "ecosystem": "npm"
    },
    "versions": [
      "1.0.2",
      "1.0.1"
    ],
    "database_specific": {
      "cwes": [
        {
          "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
          "cweId": "CWE-506",
          "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
        },
        {
          "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/developmentstelemetry/MAL-2026-17318.json",
      "indicators": {
        "evidence_files": [
          {
            "path": "index.js",
            "tlsh": "cfc02b2ec23f8934f5347b38030f012000f3011219028cd034bc30c86020420f435ccf",
            "sha256": "9b871ebd0e8ebb6a743f22f3968652b1f1aba31fefaf4a853f12214010b1bb8c"
          },
          {
            "path": "package.json",
            "tlsh": "eae0df384a20a923a4dc22b509b7458366e38e2b00087c5833eb115c93deab728fe10e",
            "sha256": "4a98fec330f289d2febf73e3fa74e8cbb458cd66cccdbcfe6e1b8fd7017c26a8"
          }
        ],
        "package_integrity": [
          {
            "hashes": {
              "sha1": "af7205bef4a236dfdb2cbfc7a97498d07da669ee",
              "sha512_sri": "sha512-YY91JjqvsYDhloc5bbplY5fGjvaR4N1qhvZXfp/OfEWqJKcJRhmIPgrDY7NR/qMHPnS7cZXIW1HX9O0U+lK8rw=="
            },
            "filename": "developmentstelemetry-1.0.2.tgz"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
]

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