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Malicious code in event-emitter-testmetest (npm)

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Affected packages

  • npm event-emitter-testmetest

    Affected
    >= 1.0.6, <= 1.0.6>= 1.0.7, <= 1.0.7>= 4.1.0, <= 4.1.0>= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

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

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event-emitter-testmetest was published by npm account `testnewtestme2` on 2026-10-21, first to test the delivery chain of data-pipeline-testmetest 2.0.1 and then to ship it. 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 ship an obfuscated `index.js` loader that decrypts a filler stage and pipes it into Bun with the full environment: 1.0.6 runs it on load, 1.0.7 on `npm install` via a `binding.gyp` source ` /dev/null 2>&1; echo stub.c)`. 4.1.0 and 5.0.0 ship rebuilds of the full stealer behind the same `binding.gyp` hook: inline in `index.js` in 4.1.0, and in an encrypted `data.bin` that `index.js` decrypts in 5.0.0. Other versions carry no executable payload. --- _-= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=-_

Source: amazon-inspector (8d4e6bad5d24d9c63960e77cc82c054c3b14704bea931cd48c86025fa4dc45c9) The package's `main` (index.js) is a multi-layer obfuscated loader: a String.fromCharCode-reconstructed string is Caesar-shifted (k=19) and eval'd, which then AES-128-GCM-decrypts a hardcoded hex…

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  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record MAL-2026-18178

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# Patch Next advisory brief: mal-2026-18178

Advisory: Malicious code in event-emitter-testmetest (npm)
IDs: mal-2026-18178
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-18178 (revision 1, source checked 27 Oct 2026, 06:00 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 event-emitter-testmetest: affected >= 1.0.6, <= 1.0.6; >= 1.0.7, <= 1.0.7; >= 4.1.0, <= 4.1.0; >= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls event-emitter-testmetest --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 event-emitter-testmetest.
- 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-2026-18178 (OSV record MAL-2026-18178 lists affected ranges: npm event-emitter-testmetest >=1.0.6 =1.0.7 =4.1.0 =5.0.0 <=5.0.0)

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