MAL-2026-5482

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/mcp-server-redis/MAL-2026-5482.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-5482
Published
2026-06-09T20:34:45Z
Modified
2026-06-12T20:01:43.755706868Z
Summary
Malicious code in mcp-server-redis (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (c94a122c1dd231888bc72b52cbef5dbdd793d2680f7e7e36385bd06e07dc20fd)

Package claims the unscoped name mcp-server-redis to intercept npx mcp-server-redis invocations intended for the legitimate MCP Redis server ecosystem. package.json declares scripts.postinstall: node index.js, so on npm install the package automatically executes index.js, which collects host identifiers via os.hostname(), os.platform(), process.cwd(), process.env.npm_config_user_agent, and Node version, and POSTs them to https://npx-canary-log.vulnerable-live.workers.dev/log (hardcoded at index.js:16). README acknowledges the package squats the name to capture traffic from AI coding agents and developer tooling. Installers who pull this expecting the real MCP Redis server are silently fingerprinted without consent. Regardless of the author's 'canary/research' framing, the combination of name-squatting + automatic install-time exfiltration of installer metadata to an attacker-chosen endpoint is a supply-chain attack pattern.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-06-09T20:34:45Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "2c31b47d009efb7e10d0b41e71923fcfefa90a45895db0ec02bc6c8f1fee1c86",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-005229",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-06-09T20:45:57.161859612Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-06-09T20:34:45Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "f4a4d371479bb5a292f632f9afc8661c13142c51f347d3013cc5dceca8ce46ab",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-005230",
            "import_time": "2026-06-09T20:45:57.396545442Z",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-06-12T19:04:38Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "b6d87b7f9e47dd6abfb85badcb819ef44b8f6a3e8fa20439709e7bf7606b3532",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-005906",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.2"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-06-12T19:43:46.198451021Z"
        },
        {
            "modified_time": "2026-06-12T19:04:38Z",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "sha256": "c94a122c1dd231888bc72b52cbef5dbdd793d2680f7e7e36385bd06e07dc20fd",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-005905",
            "versions": [
                "0.0.2"
            ],
            "import_time": "2026-06-12T19:43:46.101530937Z"
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / mcp-server-redis

Package

Name
mcp-server-redis
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Purl
pkg:npm/mcp-server-redis

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*
0.0.1
0.0.2

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/mcp-server-redis/MAL-2026-5482.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    },
    {
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature."
    }
]
indicators 
{
    "package_integrity": [
        {
            "filename": "mcp-server-redis-0.0.1.tgz",
            "hashes": {
                "sha512_sri": "sha512-sBrOVZIhwXu8Aau/1R5gG4hPmohwTzfcCyUlJiEa2jmUebEZtveqqGZJBuAOvj80mLCz9HCHXHI7rAeQOh7TYA==",
                "sha1": "c2b0b566c31fdb57fb46bdb2f0b886f2732bef3a"
            }
        }
    ],
    "evidence_files": [
        {
            "sha256": "be03db8da037601b49370ecd884f19a126fc696d0a7eccf8d3672a135dd3c952",
            "tlsh": "b63195e180f805361bfe46d3e2e9a899a36ff126360678f0b45e02695fcd4980771cd2",
            "path": "index.js"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "72085414e00cf1b368dedbac5c2ea133e9a259a597908cce1ef0edd5288bd3f8",
            "tlsh": "d221a32383c1a33a03d34836394976b2ab7ab0b4738210b4fadd154ffa4ac2943730d6",
            "path": "README.md"
        }
    ],
    "domains": [
        "npx-canary-log.vulnerable-live.workers.dev"
    ]
}