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            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
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        "import_time": "2026-08-07T09:36:51.426012781Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-08-07T00:06:24Z",
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        "modified_time": "2026-08-07T12:21:07Z",
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        "modified_time": "2026-08-07T12:20:25Z",
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        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-016919",
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      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-016918",
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      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-016925",
        "import_time": "2026-08-07T12:23:27.348590609Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-08-07T12:18:30Z",
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      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-016913",
        "import_time": "2026-08-07T12:23:26.941211403Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-08-07T12:16:49Z",
        "sha256": "56b7392f358809c6a8ccc6a7a39631fe4c1fa37a71ce6367864503c7c94cc46a",
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      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-016938",
        "import_time": "2026-08-07T12:23:27.81683547Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-08-07T12:20:17Z",
        "sha256": "977d0b7b04141a5e78e55861724588eacf3e88db6f87a5df6b1b94f8e35d4c61",
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  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (fa899acd5a63682964770cb32c4f0707008c9f3894ca6f5cacd222de74f03cea)\ncli.js embeds a base64-encoded RSA private key in CONFIG.encodedSSHKey, decodes it to a temp file with mode 0o600, and uses it to `ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i \u003ckey\u003e ubuntu@79.72.65.161` to invoke bash scripts under /home/ubuntu/signing-server for the CLI\u0027s signup/login/deploy subcommands. The private key is shipped identically to every installer of the package, so anyone who downloads the tarball obtains valid SSH credentials to the author\u0027s server. Installing or requiring the package does not read installer-side secrets, does not fetch or execute attacker-controlled code on the installer, and does not modify the installer\u0027s filesystem outside the package\u0027s own temp key file. A secondary observation: the `rx signup` / `rx login` subcommands pass user-supplied username and password as shell arguments to auth.sh over the shared SSH tunnel, but this only fires when the user explicitly invokes those subcommands and matches the package\u0027s documented auth backend.\n\n## Source: ghsa-malware (3c64dbb041d6e5afb6472e08a1c6a3d31b123bdbb00d99bc8452e826848d4666)\nAny computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-13493",
  "modified": "2026-08-07T12:25:22.460916218Z",
  "published": "2026-08-07T00:06:23Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q7w3-723m-252j"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/velabuild/v/2.1.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/velabuild/v/1.0.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/velabuild/v/2.0.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/velabuild/v/1.0.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/velabuild/v/1.0.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/velabuild/v/1.0.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/velabuild/v/2.2.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/velabuild/v/2.1.0"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in velabuild (npm)"
}