{
  "affected": [
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          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
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      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-020063",
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        "modified_time": "2026-09-15T15:55:20Z",
        "sha256": "d22d8ef47e17a005ea3305f7d97a3cb4de14f0a3a07e8a1e461e13d25e5e7432",
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  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (d22d8ef47e17a005ea3305f7d97a3cb4de14f0a3a07e8a1e461e13d25e5e7432)\nOn require/import, index.js unconditionally calls initialize(), which spawns a detached, unref\u0027d `node loader.js` child with stdio ignored and writes a PID file. loader.js fetches JSON from https://api.npoint.io/24c25d5f5fcbb0992a4f (a mutable third-party paste endpoint), base64-decodes the `code` field, and executes it via `new Function(\u0027require\u0027,\u0027__dirname\u0027,\u0027__filename\u0027,\u0027module\u0027,\u0027exports\u0027, decodedCode)(...)`, granting the remote endpoint operator arbitrary code execution on the installer\u0027s host. The remote URL is stored in a constant misleadingly named `API_KEY` and surrounded by comments describing the loader as a sandboxed educational component, contradicting the actual fetch-decode-eval behavior.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-16179",
  "modified": "2026-09-15T15:55:20Z",
  "published": "2026-09-15T15:55:20Z",
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in process-tailwind (npm)"
}