express-request-engine (npm) · Malicious Code
Affects express-request-engineSource GCVE Database
Malicious package : remove express-request-engine and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.
Data as of 20 Aug 2026, 16:57 UTC
Malicious package
Published to npm · OSV MAL-2026-10414
What to do
Remove express-request-engine from every project, lockfile and image that pulls it in. Treat any host that installed it as compromised: rotate the credentials, tokens and keys it could read, from a clean machine.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| npmexpress-request-engine | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
The npm package express-request-engine version 3.6.3 contains malicious code that executes arbitrary attacker-controlled JavaScript upon module load. The package masquerades as a normalize-path utility but performs a network fetch to a mutable external JSON resource and executes code from it using the Function constructor. This results in full module-loading privileges being granted to attacker-controlled code. Any system with this package installed should be considered fully compromised.