---
id: "GHSA-qfxf-cc7c-cj3v"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["GHSA-qfxf-cc7c-cj3v", "MAL-2026-4430"]
title: "Malicious code in @saidddddddddd/somethingelse (npm)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "withdrawn"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "@saidddddddddd/somethingelse", "fixed": [], "affected": "all versions", "ecosystem": "npm"}]
ecosystems: ["npm"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-05-20T19:12:40+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-05T00:30:34+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-05T00:31:34+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-4430", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-05T00:30:34+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Malicious code in @saidddddddddd/somethingelse (npm)

## Affected

- npm:@saidddddddddd/somethingelse affected all versions fixed no fixed version listed

## Timeline

- 2026-11-05T00:30:34+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-4430

## From the sources

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## Source: amazon-inspector (10c6c962a47a7992e9b415754433ca28aec0b867273e477fdc76acc96688554d)
Package ships multiple multi-file randomly-named JavaScript bundles at the tarball root (dist/0wj8nina9p.js, dist/g2gldlcg6a.js, dist/k72k75nqjc.js, dist/lzg6wv3g94.js, dist/mbzwtchywb.js, dist/qqbh2u5u9j.js, dist/vzdg7whark.js, plus chunks under dist/chunks/) all containing dense hex-suffixed identifier obfuscation (`_0xNNNNNN` variable naming, shuffled string arrays). The bundles incorporate Chrome DevTools / chii remote-debugging front-end code (dist/core/i/chii/front_end/...), including ping/curl/network command primitives and fetch-based network calls. The combination of (a) randomly-named obfuscated entry files, (b) embedded remote-debugging/inspection tooling (chii is a remote DevTools backend that exposes a target browser to a remote inspector), and (c) network exfiltration primitives in those bundles is structurally consistent with a remote-control / device-inspection payload rather than a normal application library. The package scope `@saidddddddddd/*` shows no publisher reputation signals (placeholder-like name, no documented purpose matching the embedded chii tooling).

## Source: ghsa-malware (9a3d46cef379eb7f30bd0986a651cc551ac551d7f78f2cd2675da99174f20ea3)
Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

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