Malicious code in codex-setup (npm)
What to do
Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.
This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.
Affected packages
npm codex-setup
- Affected
- every version
- Fixed in
- no fixed version recorded
Sources
- Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV.dev), including the GitHub Advisory Database
OSV record MAL-2026-18060 lists affected ranges: npm codex-setup >=0
VerifiedObserved Structured OSV record; not marked as GitHub-reviewed.
Severity and exploitation
- Exploitation
- No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
- CVSS
- not scored
- EPSS
- No dated EPSS signal available.
Source description
As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.
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Source: amazon-inspector (1dc5704d4c9ccb90b3211f8a23c64d5e2ce818dd6bb1c084876e6a52105722e2) Package codex-setup@1.0.1 was examined and no behavior indicative of a supply-chain attack was observed. No lifecycle scripts fetching or executing remote content, no reads of installer secrets (such as ~/.aws, ~/.ssh, ~/.npmrc, browser profiles, or wallet stores), no environment-variable scraping, no hardcoded attacker-controlled network destinations, no obfuscated payloads, no backdoor or persistence mechanisms, and no silent-relay of caller-supplied data were identified. The package appears benign on the basis of the scanned contents.
Source: ghsa-malware (07bc1e933aeccbce3ee5ffda504b2abd81e6e8c9d09866d7a8e5c6197d7873c8) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The…
Dates and revisions
- Published by the source
- Last modified by the source
- Source last checked
- Revision 1 · created ·
Published from osv record MAL-2026-18060
Agent brief
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# Patch Next advisory brief: GHSA-h8cg-xwfv-9x77 Advisory: Malicious code in codex-setup (npm) IDs: GHSA-h8cg-xwfv-9x77 Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-18060 (revision 1, source checked 30 Oct 2026, 06:05 UTC) Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected. Severity: Unrated Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV. Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed. ## Affected components - npm codex-setup: affected every version ## Suggested inspection (read-only) - `npm ls codex-setup --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`. ## Supported action No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything. ## Required regression checks - Run the test suite and a production build. - Exercise the features that depend on codex-setup. - Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed. ## Rollback considerations - Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward. ## Unresolved questions - Which deployments run an affected version? - Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority. - Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production. ## Sources - Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18060 (OSV record MAL-2026-18060 lists affected ranges: npm codex-setup >=0) Commands are suggestions: review each one before running it.
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