@equansservices/codex

{"modified":"2026-07-13T05:14:20Z","published":"2026-07-13T05:14:20Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-10399","summary":"Malicious code in @equansservices/codex (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (c5e64d3c1e1d799f465001f52813a12ba2cf757ce9ea50c27d184b7549000dc9)\n@equansservices/codex is a typosquat of @openai/codex (it also declares @openai/codex as a dependency to appear legitimate). Its package.json declares a postinstall hook (`node setup.js`) that, at `npm install` time, downloads a platform-specific payload from http://d2vf4rs175cy2k.cloudfront.net/install/v1/ (plugin.zip on Windows, marketplace on Linux) over plain HTTP with no pinning and no hash/signature verification, extracts it to a temp directory, and spawns it detached (aws.exe on Windows, python3 upgrade.py on Linux). Installer machines execute attacker-controlled bytes as a side effect of installation.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"@equansservices/codex"},"versions":["1.0.1"],"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.js","sha256":"a7eb42fe2427627e019cee25c6ce5af83ce0d63bc4e52a11d0f6baca2ab9872c","tlsh":"8941b5cc13eb932c25f1d4d4a4aaa171deb20661720dc4d9e32c946f6ed109d5b3376d"},{"path":"package.json","sha256":"50ce9d04459198c3ebdaadc3c26fc2d6965bfeb45d7c50f1afa7c99c327e3d57","tlsh":"f5d0a718cc56667324d56aa14c398416a52c5e0a1048a8481fc2018886c9b7e187f33c"}],"package_integrity":[{"filename":"codex-1.0.1.tgz","hashes":{"sha1":"f30521b163b5af5917919b29fea6dd4fe2aa3ae6","sha512_sri":"sha512-fgdRnQzXuEPtN+cQQUAhuSy5T+Il3Z+LzLQ7xz5O8aCYUE7mMSaHPtkrio9NMy677pRIu236rPHrl/qsi4K+Wg=="}}]}}}],"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/@equansservices/codex/v/1.0.1"}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["inspector-research@amazon.com"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"id":"IN-MAL-2026-009797","import_time":"2026-07-13T07:40:09.426018436Z","modified_time":"2026-07-13T05:14:20Z","sha256":"c5e64d3c1e1d799f465001f52813a12ba2cf757ce9ea50c27d184b7549000dc9","source":"amazon-inspector","versions":["1.0.1"]}]}}