{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cwes": [
          {
            "cweId": "CWE-506",
            "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
            "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
          }
        ],
        "indicators": {
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              "sha256": "77031ee6ff86a7715b4e92e7c5b9e80afcba771c2bab0399464127be879d8e3f",
              "tlsh": "b101cb8f70ac545c09b013f6bb2be436f622a56b390281d0375c87421f7699d6603eee"
            },
            {
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              "tlsh": "dba1848526e373519aebb2d1e81f4229b675d223320e1a7178c997d81f0cc68d3b3dd6"
            },
            {
              "path": "package.json",
              "sha256": "b0d3028249f310dc72f34abbf29a75ea268c6b2e511eb744b76f337d9fdb9a1a",
              "tlsh": "d3413320cc6add9319c929e5683d1643b1a0a42bde45fc0d778a539c0f4e46f32b8f6d"
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          ],
          "package_integrity": [
            {
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              "hashes": {
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                "sha512_sri": "sha512-tOLusaUJ29JgDnTGoKlmFbZ2Cd1NnO+LbC+1wK0HXP+0IPFZOqIOHbbW0Ca8GUeP7adc1tojvnrNLdB1AHmsjA=="
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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "requests-middleware"
      },
      "versions": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "contact": [
        "inspector-research@amazon.com"
      ],
      "name": "Amazon Inspector",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
      {
        "id": "IN-MAL-2026-006974",
        "import_time": "2026-06-18T05:42:06.147691991Z",
        "modified_time": "2026-06-18T04:07:42Z",
        "sha256": "cfd9564690d64c44a730b088f4295c75b36e9d2fb164e2c7aa9ec2367153ada6",
        "source": "amazon-inspector",
        "versions": [
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        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "\n---\n_-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_\n\n## Source: amazon-inspector (cfd9564690d64c44a730b088f4295c75b36e9d2fb164e2c7aa9ec2367153ada6)\nThe package masquerades as a typosquat of the legacy `request`/`requests` HTTP library, copying that project\u0027s README, dependencies, and source files verbatim, with a malicious dropper grafted on. Its sole exported function `middleware` (index.js:117-122) detached-spawns `node lib/logger.js` with `{ detached: true, stdio: \u0027ignore\u0027 }` and immediately `unref()`s the child, so the loader runs silently and outlives the parent process. lib/logger.js then uses axios to GET `https://www.jsonkeeper.com/b/YL7GN`, extracts the JS payload from the response\u0027s `Cookie` field, and evaluates it with `new Function.constructor(\u0027require\u0027, s)(require)`, retrying up to 5 times. This grants attacker-controlled JavaScript full `require` access in the consumer process. The remote URL is disguised in lib/logger.js:4-8 as `DEV_API_KEY` inside a fake `process.env`-shaped object to look like benign configuration. jsonkeeper.com is an anonymous, author-mutable paste host, so the executed bytes can change at any time without any package update. Any application that imports this package and invokes the default `middleware` export will execute remote attacker code.\n",
  "id": "MAL-2026-6096",
  "modified": "2026-06-18T04:07:42Z",
  "published": "2026-06-18T04:07:42Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/requests-middleware/v/1.0.2"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.4",
  "summary": "Malicious code in requests-middleware (npm)"
}