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            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
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        "sha256": "7cf6b9d0ee4a23bfab6e7a3c21f69a36e0655019cf1dd602f93760e233c7f701",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
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  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (7cf6b9d0ee4a23bfab6e7a3c21f69a36e0655019cf1dd602f93760e233c7f701)\nThe package is published as \u0027hardhat-set\u0027 but its README.md, docs/, and index.d.ts are copied verbatim from the unrelated pino logger project (github.com/pinojs/pino), while package.json declares author \u0027Robert King \u003chello@jsonspack.com\u003e\u0027 with bugs URL \u0027https://jsonspack.com/issues\u0027. index.js executes `const config = require(\u0027./lib/config\u0027)` at load time; lib/config.js is a 4,060,622-byte single-line file packed with obfuscator.io (23,931-entry rotated string array, RC4/base64 string decoder, control-flow flattening, self-defending checks) and runs a top-level IIFE on require. No other file in the package references config\u0027s exports, and pino itself contains no such module. The combination of a name/README mismatch (pino cover story on a package named after Hardhat), an unrelated author domain, and a multi-megabyte obfuscated blob that self-executes on import is a masquerade/typosquat delivering a hidden payload to anyone who installs or requires the package.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-13609",
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  "published": "2026-08-07T12:57:29Z",
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  "summary": "Malicious code in hardhat-set (npm)"
}