---
id: "MAL-2026-18359"
kind: "package"
aliases: ["MAL-2026-18359"]
title: "Malicious code in black-spindle (npm)"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "black-spindle", "fixed": [], "affected": "= 999.0.0", "ecosystem": "npm"}]
ecosystems: ["npm"]
tags: ["malicious", "package"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-28T16:15:41+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-28T17:33:34+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-28T17:47:22+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "osv-malicious", "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18359", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-28T17:33:34+00:00"}]
---

# Malicious code in black-spindle (npm)

## Affected

- npm:black-spindle affected = 999.0.0 fixed ?

## Timeline

- 2026-10-28T17:33:34+00:00 osv-malicious https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MAL-2026-18359

## From the sources

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## Source: ossf-package-analysis (c5ef30c4ec24f78fa57d10f6bd8e7fb7be307fc23e833428af785b2013bf2fab)
The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'black-spindle' @ 999.0.0 (npm) as malicious.

It is considered malicious because:

- The package communicates with a domain associated with malicious activity.

- The package executes one or more commands associated with malicious behavior.

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