MAL-2026-5182 Malicious code in brave-search-mcp-server (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis d7d65e78a73a4cc2064d0ab9210a76c7c55f69553b70879dd649d7ad84e48dc0 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'brave-search-mcp-server' @ 1.0.0 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The...

Malicious code in brave-search-mcp-server (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ossf-package-analysis d7d65e78a73a4cc2064d0ab9210a76c7c55f69553b70879dd649d7ad84e48dc0 The OpenSSF Package Analysis project identified 'brave-search-mcp-server' @ 1.0.0 npm as malicious. It is considered malicious because: - The...

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