Malware Advisory Detected 2026-10-20 · codelake independent detection
Malware — published immediately. Confirmed supply-chain malware is public at publish time and reported concurrently to the affected registry and the OpenSSF malicious-packages database. There is no coordinated-disclosure window (the maintainer is the attacker). codelake never stores raw payloads — only the detection rule, file:line, and IOCs.
Advisory · CLR-2026-3538

easy-string-kit — malicious npm package, independently detected and OSV-corroborated

easy-string-kit is a malicious npm package that codelake Research independently detected during automated supply-chain scanning, corroborated by MAL-2026-6459 in OSV. The detection signal and affected versions are detailed below.

HighIndependent detectionOSV-corroborated
Summary

codelake's analysis classifies the detection signal as behaviour that executes attacker code automatically at install time (npm/pip install hook).

Affected version(s): 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.8.

How we found it

codelake's per-ecosystem scanners flagged the specimen and the AI-triage judge classified it malicious (recorded signal: postinstall script fetches remote resource, confidence 1.00).

This is an independent detection by codelake's own scanners and AI-triage pipeline; it is corroborated by MAL-2026-6459 in OSV (codelake was not necessarily the first public reporter for this record).

All analysis is performed at the indicator level on extracted source only — codelake never executes specimens and stores only the detection rule, indicators and analysis, never raw payloads.

Indicators & characteristics
PKGeasy-string-kit — npm, 6 affected version(s)
VERAffected versions: 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.8
SIGDetection signal: postinstall script fetches remote resource
OSVMAL-2026-6459 — corroborating OSV malicious record (osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-6459)
Response & guidance
#ActionPriority
01 Remove easy-string-kit immediately from any project, lockfile or CI image that references it, and reject the affected versions (1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.8). Act
02 Cross-reference the corroborating OSV record(s) MAL-2026-6459 for the authoritative version range and indicators. Verify

Detected independently by codelake Research · automated per-ecosystem supply-chain scanning + AI-triage, verified at the indicator level on extracted source (no execution). Corroborated by MAL-2026-6459 in OSV. codelake stores only the detection rule, indicators and analysis, never raw payloads.