mal-2026-4825
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
Published
2026-05-26 15:08
Modified
2026-05-26 17:27
Summary
Malicious code in cdktn-provider-newrelic (PyPI)
Details

-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-

Source: amazon-inspector (51996ccf23fd3d3b291f945e2ec88504c93d7e302e183c7633632b8a03d1590d)

Package name 'cdktn-provider-newrelic' is a single-character edit (cdktf→cdktn) of HashiCorp's official 'cdktf-provider-newrelic' (CDK for Terraform NewRelic provider bindings). The package replicates the target's full API surface — 80+ Terraform resource modules including alert_policy, nrql_alert_condition, and synthetics_* — and rebrands 'CDK for Terraform (cdktf)' as 'CDK Terrain (cdktn)' across the README and metadata, with a fabricated homepage (cdktn.io) and GitHub org (cdktn-io / open-constructs). setup.py declares install_requires of 'cdktn>=0.23.0,<0.24.0' — itself a typosquat of HashiCorp's 'cdktf' runtime — so a developer who mistypes the package name during pip install silently pulls a sibling typosquat package whose code runs at import time. The combination of a top-tier registry typosquat, full API mimicry to evade detection by would-be users, and a transitive typosquat dependency injected via install_requires constitutes namespace-abuse: the install resolves attacker-controlled code into the developer's environment under cover of HashiCorp's published API.

CWE
  • CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
Credits
Amazon Inspector actran@amazon.com

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cwes": [
          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          }
        ],
        "indicators": {
          "evidence_files": [
            {
              "path": "setup.py",
              "sha256": "8b9855d507ad37d2cff0c13dcb23de6ad58aedf0c1712986377c3aa4044e36e1",
              "tlsh": "0cd16951fa939eb101ea19807cc92d00ea5612936d001e6cff4e897cfb7b9ea15751cf"
            }
          ],
          "package_integrity": [
            {
              "filename": "cdktn_provider_newrelic-15.0.5-py3-none-any.whl",
              "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "40d0b6d9bd0520606f5ec59a2c42325b525f06dd890737dd136a4ac27e35fb5d",
                "md5": "f9fde7baef3f5c45e666ea8048dd4988",
                "sha256": "79a9bb8d87392b035cd8fb4337fba9997b5e431be914d73f5b6a5d82c40d69fa"
              }
            },
            {
              "filename": "cdktn_provider_newrelic-15.0.5.tar.gz",
              "hashes": {
                "blake2b_256": "91c5ac4f4dcaa64c48dcc2894d97d5b65f3286b6fdea6f2bb7791367b329532b",
                "md5": "bd2a33c24a5a2801e6e1b2aecd433018",
                "sha256": "acd0f49d7caa60b877cdb4e4c9b2920316c1d47c5f05e210538af05a7ca55eab"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "cdktn-provider-newrelic"
      },
      "versions": [
        "15.0.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "actran@amazon.com"
      ],
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-004924",
        "import_time": "2026-05-26T16:47:31.406727201Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-05-26T15:08:38Z",
        "sha256": "51996ccf23fd3d3b291f945e2ec88504c93d7e302e183c7633632b8a03d1590d",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
        "versions": [
          "15.0.5"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (51996ccf23fd3d3b291f945e2ec88504c93d7e302e183c7633632b8a03d1590d)\nPackage name \u0027cdktn-provider-newrelic\u0027 is a single-character edit (cdktf\u2192cdktn) of HashiCorp\u0027s official \u0027cdktf-provider-newrelic\u0027 (CDK for Terraform NewRelic provider bindings). The package replicates the target\u0027s full API surface \u2014 80+ Terraform resource modules including alert_policy, nrql_alert_condition, and synthetics_* \u2014 and rebrands \u0027CDK for Terraform (cdktf)\u0027 as \u0027CDK Terrain (cdktn)\u0027 across the README and metadata, with a fabricated homepage (cdktn.io) and GitHub org (cdktn-io / open-constructs). setup.py declares install_requires of \u0027cdktn\u003e=0.23.0,\u003c0.24.0\u0027 \u2014 itself a typosquat of HashiCorp\u0027s \u0027cdktf\u0027 runtime \u2014 so a developer who mistypes the package name during `pip install` silently pulls a sibling typosquat package whose code runs at import time. The combination of a top-tier registry typosquat, full API mimicry to evade detection by would-be users, and a transitive typosquat dependency injected via install_requires constitutes namespace-abuse: the install resolves attacker-controlled code into the developer\u0027s environment under cover of HashiCorp\u0027s published API.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-4825",
  "modified": "2026-05-26T17:27:32Z",
  "published": "2026-05-26T15:08:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/cdktn-provider-newrelic/15.0.5/"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in cdktn-provider-newrelic (PyPI)",
  "withdrawn": "2026-05-26T17:27:32Z"
}


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