MAL-2026-13625
Vulnerability from ossf_malicious_packages
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Source: amazon-inspector (b0811cc3f28ee89cf1ab9a44155c55f9f590f4692bad740986dc00b67dbb8bb3)
This package presents itself as a routine Nuxt republish with dependency bumps, but ships two coordinated modifications that pull attacker-controlled code into the installer's Nuxt build environment. First, package.json injects a direct runtime dependency on "@dxup/nuxt": "^0.5.3" — a lookalike of the package's own @depup scope — which is not declared in the README or in changes.json among the advertised dep bumps (@nuxt/devtools, @unhead/vue, @vue/shared, devalue, nostics, rolldown-string, undici, unhead, unimport, vue) and does not exist in upstream nuxt@4.5.0. Second, dist/index.(m)js is tampered to push "@dxup/nuxt" into options._modules when experimental.typescriptPlugin is enabled, so when a consumer uses this package as their nuxt and runs the Nuxt build or dev server, @dxup/nuxt is auto-loaded as a privileged Nuxt module and executes arbitrary code in the build/dev context. The scope name and undocumented injection are consistent with dependency-graph smuggling under cover of a familiar Nuxt republish.
- CWE-506 - The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.
{
"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": "dist/index.js",
"sha256": "932f6e8ddb11482a526932eed9685a1c3f5b6af4e530b8f585d333da96efa867",
"tlsh": "f064e8b1e79c371606f531d9993d40cfa9bcc272790dc8a6becc67f4268381dc2a6a54"
},
{
"path": "package.json",
"sha256": "c5f100fcd5423d49b5682e5f6ca4e2865366956845cbfb4980ffd0c3e9dbe0de",
"tlsh": "cfc1bc24cca4cdd308d422f5a82a1142a61451874e18fd1c37dd47adaf0d6af32bfbae"
}
],
"package_integrity": [
{
"filename": "nuxt-4.5.0-depup.0.tgz",
"hashes": {
"sha1": "3d644d49e6a5f9efac21010f70a68e3e98325a67",
"sha512_sri": "sha512-hlKOjd3YN3Yk6BfQB8Ok4lq4ktmgrmPbOHsLtfaeyHEGFL+YIFP5NqDBZqF0BSvyId7qQd1fK8Tfr3TWqpmMHQ=="
}
}
]
}
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "@depup/nuxt"
},
"versions": [
"4.5.0-depup.0"
]
}
],
"credits": [
{
"contact": [
"inspector-research@amazon.com"
],
"name": "Amazon Inspector",
"type": "FINDER"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"malicious-packages-origins": [
{
"id": "IN-MAL-2026-017131",
"import_time": "2026-08-07T17:51:00.158602597Z",
"modified_time": "2026-08-07T17:25:02Z",
"sha256": "b0811cc3f28ee89cf1ab9a44155c55f9f590f4692bad740986dc00b67dbb8bb3",
"source": "amazon-inspector",
"versions": [
"4.5.0-depup.0"
]
}
]
},
"details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (b0811cc3f28ee89cf1ab9a44155c55f9f590f4692bad740986dc00b67dbb8bb3)\nThis package presents itself as a routine Nuxt republish with dependency bumps, but ships two coordinated modifications that pull attacker-controlled code into the installer\u0027s Nuxt build environment. First, package.json injects a direct runtime dependency on \"@dxup/nuxt\": \"^0.5.3\" \u2014 a lookalike of the package\u0027s own @depup scope \u2014 which is not declared in the README or in changes.json among the advertised dep bumps (@nuxt/devtools, @unhead/vue, @vue/shared, devalue, nostics, rolldown-string, undici, unhead, unimport, vue) and does not exist in upstream nuxt@4.5.0. Second, dist/index.(m)js is tampered to push \"@dxup/nuxt\" into options._modules when experimental.typescriptPlugin is enabled, so when a consumer uses this package as their nuxt and runs the Nuxt build or dev server, @dxup/nuxt is auto-loaded as a privileged Nuxt module and executes arbitrary code in the build/dev context. The scope name and undocumented injection are consistent with dependency-graph smuggling under cover of a familiar Nuxt republish.\n",
"id": "MAL-2026-13625",
"modified": "2026-08-07T17:25:02Z",
"published": "2026-08-07T17:25:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@depup/nuxt/v/4.5.0-depup.0"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.4",
"summary": "Malicious code in @depup/nuxt (npm)"
}
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.