update-db

{"modified":"2026-05-12T07:30:46Z","published":"2026-05-01T15:01:41Z","schema_version":"1.7.4","id":"MAL-2026-3315","summary":"Malicious code in update-db (npm)","details":"\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (9b606e43d802d06fa7b5d14f020e7727886462320dd05dca09c16887b15d5a37)\nThe package update-db was found to contain malicious code.\n\n## Source: ossf-package-analysis (188c4543894354956bdb0ef341ed98247a992c1ab7a8873fa6ac1c7533e9b1c0)\nThe OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'update-db' @ 99.1.0 (npm) as malicious.\n\nIt is considered malicious because:\n\n- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.\n","affected":[{"package":{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"update-db"},"versions":["99.1.0","99.1.1"]}],"credits":[{"name":"Amazon Inspector","type":"FINDER","contact":["actran@amazon.com"]},{"name":"OpenSSF: Package Analysis","type":"FINDER","contact":["https://github.com/ossf/package-analysis","https://openssf.slack.com/channels/package_analysis"]}],"database_specific":{"malicious-packages-origins":[{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"188c4543894354956bdb0ef341ed98247a992c1ab7a8873fa6ac1c7533e9b1c0","import_time":"2026-05-04T03:13:20.591283334Z","modified_time":"2026-05-01T15:01:41Z","versions":["99.1.0"]},{"source":"ossf-package-analysis","sha256":"6e88fcc9e357cdf912ec18cb28b728eb10d4f9369e5e4f16e321e8ce62fd86f2","import_time":"2026-05-04T03:13:20.724402422Z","modified_time":"2026-05-01T15:25:41Z","versions":["99.1.1"]},{"source":"amazon-inspector","sha256":"9b606e43d802d06fa7b5d14f020e7727886462320dd05dca09c16887b15d5a37","import_time":"2026-05-12T07:28:48.334117911Z","modified_time":"2026-05-12T06:53:21Z","versions":["99.1.0","99.1.1"]}]}}