notifications-broadcast (npm) · Malicious Code
Affects notifications-broadcastSource GCVE Database
Malicious package : remove notifications-broadcast and rotate any secrets on hosts that installed it.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:56 UTC
Malicious package
Published to npm · OSV MAL-2026-10419
What to do
Remove notifications-broadcast 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 |
|---|---|---|
| npmnotifications-broadcast | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
The npm package notifications-broadcast version 99.9.1 is a malicious package designed for dependency confusion attacks. It contains an empty index.js and a dependency that points to a tarball hosted on a Google Cloud Storage bucket not associated with a verified npm publisher. This external tarball can be modified at any time, allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code during npm install via lifecycle scripts. The package itself acts as a stub to pull in this malicious dependency, enabling code execution in the installer's environment.