GitHub Advisory malware sweep - 5-package AWS/CDK dependency-confusion cluster, `upjsma` 9-version 3-day burst, and 80-package `@gocortexio/npmgremlinbox-*` Cortex red-team validation kit swept 2026-07-20
On 2026-07-20 GitHub's Advisory Database retired 86 CWE-506 npm malware advisories in a single sweep. Highlights: a 5-package AWS/CDK dependency-confusion cluster (alb-lambda-cdk, s3-lambda-dynamodb-cdk, lambda-cloudwatch-cdk, iot-kfh-s3, lwc-slds-lbc) published within a 20-minute window on 2026-07-18 with high dep-confusion pins, upjsma (9 versions across 3 days), and the 80-package @gocortexio/npmgremlinbox-* red-team validation kit from the Palo Alto Networks Cortex ecosystem tooling org.
Versions named here: 18.9.41