Malicious code in aura-instrumentation (npm)
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (14004b53bc245039cad1473ab4a95c2b2c8fcff2acc4b5f2c0f868da63e103bd) package.json declares a self-named dependency 'aura-instrumentation' whose source is the bare URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/aura-instrumentation rather than a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever tarball that host returns, unpinned and with no integrity check, and runs any lifecycle scripts inside it. The shipped source is an inert stub and a placeholder README, so the manifest line is the entire published surface: install-time code execution on the installer's machine is delegated to whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com. The self-referential dependency name and an implausibly high version (45.0.0) for an otherwise empty package are consistent with a dependency-confusion lure aimed at winning resolution against an internal package of the same name.
Malicious code in aura-instrumentation (npm)
Description
--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (14004b53bc245039cad1473ab4a95c2b2c8fcff2acc4b5f2c0f868da63e103bd) package.json declares a self-named dependency 'aura-instrumentation' whose source is the bare URL https://repo.securityctrl.com/aura-instrumentation rather than a registry version range. On npm install, npm fetches whatever tarball that host returns, unpinned and with no integrity check, and runs any lifecycle scripts inside it. The shipped source is an inert stub and a placeholder README, so the manifest line is the entire published surface: install-time code execution on the installer's machine is delegated to whoever controls repo.securityctrl.com. The self-referential dependency name and an implausibly high version (45.0.0) for an otherwise empty package are consistent with a dependency-confusion lure aimed at winning resolution against an internal package of the same name.
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- MAL-2026-15527
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.4
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["npm"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a92f7e3acd9273b49e75ccd
Added to database: 08/29/2026, 15:16:51 UTC
Last updated: 08/29/2026, 15:17:15 UTC
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