Malicious code in astro (npm)
This tarball is published as [email protected] but does not match the legitimate withastro/astro project (which is on the v5.x line and depends on picocolors, debug, and @astrojs/markdown-remark). The package.json declares dependencies on typosquat-shaped names on the same registry: piccolore, obug, and @astrojs/markdown-satteri. Core modules import these look-alikes unconditionally — dist/core/logger/node.js contains import { createDebug, enable as obugEnable } from "obug" and dist/cli/infra/piccolore-text-styler.js contains import colors from "piccolore" — so any require('astro') or CLI invocation causes those attacker-controlled packages to be resolved and executed inside the installer's node_modules tree. The version jump from the real 5.x line and the substitution of the standard utility dependencies with lookalike names indicate a registry impersonation of the astro framework, structured as a dependency-chain dropper.
MAL-2026-10726 is recorded against 1 package.
Published on 16 July 2026 and last revised on 23 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
astro has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
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Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| astro | — | — |
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