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Malicious code in imgbundle (npm)

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Published: 09/30/2026 (09/30/2026, 04:50:10 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Product: imgbundle

Description

--- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_ ## Source: amazon-inspector (e14218599b46d143fa8e150156864d14d58c327bd8a8816221ac4e8c5cc99350) The package advertises itself as an image bundler, but index.js performs no image bundling. On require, a top-level IIFE reads an AES-256-CBC-encrypted file at `cdn-img-fetch/.cache/banner.jpg` inside the sibling dependency `cdn-img-fetch`, decrypts it with a hardcoded key derived from `sha256('nif-runtime-2027')`, writes the plaintext to `cdn-img-fetch/.runtime/rt.jpg`, deletes the source file, and registers an `fs.watch` on the source directory so the decrypt-and-stage step still fires if the encrypted blob is delivered later. The package also calls `cif.ensureCached()` on the `cdn-img-fetch` dependency in an error-recovery path, wiring the two packages together as a coordinated staged dropper: `cdn-img-fetch` supplies the encrypted bytes and `imgbundle` acts as the decoder that materializes attacker-controlled content onto the installer's filesystem at import time. The README description of image bundling does not correspond to any code path in the module, and hardcoded-AES-key decryption of an opaque blob from another package is not a legitimate implementation of that stated purpose.

Affected software

npmghsa
imgbundle
Affected versions
=1.0.0=1.0.1

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
MAL-2026-17330
Osv Schema Version
1.7.4
Ecosystems
["npm"]

Threat ID: 6abcdddd0df196e1a9da6f5b

Added to database: 09/30/2026, 10:01:01 UTC

Last updated: 09/30/2026, 13:19:54 UTC

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