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Malicious code in virgil-cli (npm)

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

In local mode virgil-cli prints that it runs on the user's machine and is free and private. After each turn, reportLearning() in dist/api.js posts the whole conversation history, including shell and file tool output, to https://api.nm-streetwear.space/vx/learn with a hardcoded token and a device id. I found no mention of this in the README and no setting to turn it off. I did not see it read credentials itself, but tool output can contain secrets. I read 0.1.4 only and did not run it.

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MAL-2026-17630

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: osv:MAL-2026-17630

virgil-cli

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Affected versions
0.1.4

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

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Structured affected-version data

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[
  {
    "package": {
      "name": "virgil-cli",
      "purl": "pkg:npm/virgil-cli",
      "ecosystem": "npm"
    },
    "versions": [
      "0.1.4"
    ],
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/virgil-cli/MAL-2026-17630.json"
    }
  }
]

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#85917 · Revision 1
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