{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including authvaultx.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-10185 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Remove the package from your dependencies and lockfiles, then rotate any secrets on machines where it was installed.","what":"MAL-2026-10185 is a malicious package in authvaultx, published on 11 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-10185 is a malicious package: authvaultx (npm). Every version was published to cause harm.\n\nTask:\n1. Search this repository's dependency manifests and lockfiles for the package, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If it is present, remove it, regenerate the lockfile with the project's package manager, and replace whatever it was used for.\n3. List any CI runners, developer machines or containers that installed it, so their secrets can be rotated.\n4. If the package is not used anywhere, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10185/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10185/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-10185","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10185/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-10185","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-frr6-2jc6-6fhr"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On require() of authvaultx (main: auth.js, which loads lib/writer.js), top-level code attempts to load the separately published npm package 'auth-next-gen'; if not present, it silently shells out to `npm install auth-next-gen --loglevel silent` and then immediately `require()`s `../../auth-next-gen/index.js`, executing whatever that external package ships. The fetch destination is a separate registry package controlled by the same author space, so the payload can be swapped without republishing authvaultx. lib/writer.js also assembles its user-facing fallback error string via repeated String.fromCharCode() concatenation, obscuring intent from casual review and string scanners. The published package masquerades as a logger (pino banner/logo PNGs, pino-cloned docs/ directory, logger/stream/json keywords) while the README advertises authentication functionality and the actual on-require behavior is a second-stage loader — none of the advertised purposes (logger or auth module) requires fetching and executing another npm package at load time.\n\nAny 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.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":null,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":null,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":null,"nuclei":null,"refs":[],"tier":null},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Malicious code in authvaultx (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-10185","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"malicious","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":1,"n_references":null,"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":[],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"authvaultx","purl":"pkg:npm/authvaultx","source":"MAL-2026-10185"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-11","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"Apache-2.0","name":"OpenSSF Malicious Packages","prefix":"MAL"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":null,"updated":null,"vendors":null},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10185/"}