Malicious code in turbo-ws (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (a25d8c29cbfb317e1c88568514a999618bdeee25b2716b76e3db5062e9dd7a67) package.json at line 43 declares the sole dependency 'node-net-pool' as an HTTPS tarball of the 'main' branch of an unrelated GitHub account (https://github.com/trktgq0wbre1/node-net-pool/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz), not a registry version range. npm install fetches whatever bytes that URL currently serves, unpinned and with no integrity check, and runs any lifecycle scripts inside it; the package's postinstall then require()s node-net-pool so its top-level code executes on the installer's machine. The dependency source is under an account unrelated to the declared repository turbo-ws-dev/turbo-ws, and the package's own description advertises 'zero dependencies', contradicting the manifest. Whoever controls the referenced GitHub account controls code executed on every installer of turbo-ws. ## Source: ghsa-malware (71a94f67778999b9ca3320ab83c7c2df9958d169c79b35fc7e2d03eb99b4e776) 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.
MAL-2026-16440
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:MAL-2026-16440
turbo-ws
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 1.0.0
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": "turbo-ws",
"purl": "pkg:npm/turbo-ws",
"ecosystem": "npm"
},
"versions": [
"1.0.0"
],
"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/turbo-ws/MAL-2026-16440.json",
"indicators": {
"evidence_files": [
{
"path": "package.json",
"tlsh": "2031ea2ac9b899bb35c511e4e8195113f66208234998bd00b3c341fc4fce5db91ff5ad",
"sha256": "7f84ab7675f41e8f3c5dcaac3b100d6c4b427050928faa07470c2880047ad50d"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"hashes": {
"sha1": "f00fff966b59f22fa0ff25b60b1243e1dc8a5bc8",
"sha512_sri": "sha512-KQ+nijvvuiPSjc9683PuqAC1/FMUgUFvuf7EIi+0al8GW6mpd5wcpC1Z7kUiab0VsXtSqMmMOTxrWTEwVVBu8g=="
},
"filename": "turbo-ws-1.0.0.tgz"
}
]
}
}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #72773 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date